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  "id": 3737640,
  "title": "Japan's Kioxia and Sandisk plan to spend $31B+ in Japan through 2032 to drive chip tech and expand production capacity, including an $11.3B Kitakami plant (Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/japans-kioxia-and-sandisk-plan-to-spend-31b-in-japan-through-2032-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:45:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kioxia-sandisk-invest-over-31-billion-japan-amid-ai-boom-2026-08-27/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japan's Kioxia (285A.T) and U.S.-based Sandisk (SNDK.O) said on Thursday they planned to invest more than $31 billion in Japan through 2032 …",
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      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Kioxia, SanDisk plan Japan NAND fab for AI demand: sources",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/kioxia-sandisk-plan-japan-nand-fab-for-ai-demand-sources",
        "published": "2026-08-27T02:44:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}