Micron's $50B Boise Chip Plant Goes Viral Again, but Only 3,500 of Its 17,000 Expected Jobs Will Be at Micron

Most jobs linked to Micron's Idaho expansion will go to other firms, like builders and suppliers, not to Micron itself (Credit: Thingreenline4546 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)

A claim that Micron Technology will bring 17,000 jobs to Boise, Idaho, is spreading online again. Micron expects only about 3,500 of those jobs to be its own. The rest will go to builders, suppliers, and other firms tied to the memory chip maker's two new factories, and some may be outside Boise.

Micron is spending about $50B (about £37.5B) on the two plants, which chipmakers call fabs. The first should start making chips in mid-2027, and the second in late 2028, Micron boss Sanjay Mehrotra told investors in June. The company already has about 7,000 staff in the Boise area.