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Kioxia → unnamed vendor(s) — memory & storage

$31.0B (floor) — **Kioxia and Sandisk said they will invest more than $31 billion in Japanese NAND flash capacity through 2032**, covering the Yokkaichi and Kitakami plants plus a new Iwate fab, contingent on Japanese government support and framed explicitly as a response to AI-driven memory dema (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

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$31.0B (floor) — **Kioxia and Sandisk said they will invest more than $31 billion in Japanese NAND flash capacity through 2032**, covering the Yokkaichi and Kitakami plants plus a new Iwate fab, contingent on Japanese government support and framed explicitly as a response to AI-driven memory dema (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

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$31.0B (floor) — **Kioxia and Sandisk said they will invest more than $31 billion in Japanese NAND flash capacity through 2032**, covering the Yokkaichi and Kitakami plants plus a new Iwate fab, contingent on Japanese government support and framed explicitly as a response to AI-driven memory dema (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

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