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Memory bandwidth is the chokepoint AI infrastructure cannot route around.
Every large-model inference run is bounded not by floating-point throughput but by how fast the accelerator can pull weights from DRAM or high-bandwidth memory, which is why demand for Micron Technology's output has climbed with the AI build-out.
That shift is now landing on a specific address: Boise, Idaho, where Micron is executing a $50 billion expansion of its manufacturing campus. The investment is generating jobs and new wealth.
The scale is also straining Boise's housing market and traffic corridors while testing the city's sense of what it is.
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