Samsung and SK Invest 1.5 Trillion Won in Memory Plants in China

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Oct. 06, 2025 –

Two Firms Invest 1.5 Trillion Won to Enhance Chip Technology and Increase Memory Supply

By Kim Eun-jin, BusinessKorea

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are making large-scale facility investments in their Chinese plants to simultaneously enhance both process technology and production capacity. As the global artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom intensifies the memory semiconductor shortage, they are fully mobilizing even their Chinese factories to increase supply. Through these large-scale investments, Samsung and SK expect to expand chip supply and improve profitability by upgrading their NAND flash and DRAM production processes.

According to the Financial Supervisory Service on March 24, Samsung Electronics made an investment of 465.4 billion won (approximately $344 million) in its Xi’an, China plant last year, a 67.5% increase from the previous year’s 277.8 billion won. The Xi’an plant is Samsung Electronics’ only overseas NAND flash production base, accounting for approximately 40% of its total output.

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