Air Liquide to invest $236 million in Japan to support next-generation AI chip production
Air Liquide said on Thursday it would invest 200 million euros ($236 million) in Japan to build, own and operate two new industrial gas production units in Hiroshima, under a long-term agreement with a global semiconductor leader expanding its advanced chip manufacturing capacity.
The French industrial gases group said the plants, due to start up by the end of 2028, would supply large volumes of ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon used in the production of next-generation chips for artificial intelligence applications.
