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SK Hynix unit reportedly links US plant plans to China equipment approval
Solidigm is considering upstate New York for a NAND factory, while SK Hynix says equipment installation in Dalian has U.S. authorization.
Solidigm, SK Hynix’s flash memory business, is seeking permission to ship U.S. chipmaking equipment to Dalian, China, as a condition for proceeding with a U.S. semiconductor factory, according to a media report citing unnamed sources.
The reported plans involve a U.S. factory producing NAND flash memory, with upstate New York under consideration as a location. The unnamed sources said Solidigm wants to use vacant space at the Dalian plant for additional equipment to increase NAND production.
SK Hynix said it was not seeking a capacity increase at its Dalian Mod B facility, completed in 2023. The company said equipment installation was taking place with U.S. government authorization and in consultation with Washington.
The United States introduced broad restrictions on exports of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to China in October 2022, citing national security concerns, and tightened them in 2023. In September 2025, the Trump administration withdrew special export exemptions covering some Chinese facilities operated by SK Hynix, Samsung and Intel. Washington has since issued annual equipment export licenses for Samsung and SK Hynix’s Chinese plants.
U.S. officials have also pressed overseas chipmakers to increase American manufacturing. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in July that he was discussing U.S. chip plants with Samsung and SK Hynix and wanted both companies to build them.