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JX Advanced Metals to double sputtering target processing capacity in South Korea amid AI chip demand

JX Advanced Metals CorporationSouth KoreaPublished
Investment¥4B
PhasePlanned
Start—
CompletionApr 2027
To completion
Today
2027

About 6 months to scheduled completion.

JX Advanced Metals will invest about JPY 4 billion to expand processing capacity for sputtering targets used in advanced logic, HBM, and 3D-NAND chips at its South Korean subsidiary JX Korea. The investment introduces new processing equipment accumulated across the group's Japanese sites, roughly doubling the site's processing capacity versus FY2025 levels, with phased startup expected from FY2027 to meet booming AI data center-driven semiconductor demand.

Project facts

Owner
JX Advanced Metals Corporation
Listing
5016 Tokyo
Facility
Data center
Sector
Materials & chemicals
Location
South Korea (overseas)
Investment
¥4B — total
Scale / capacity
approximately 2x processing capacity increase vs FY2025
Completion
Apr 2027
Announced
Jul 23, 2026
Themes
semiconductor-supply-chain, AI-infrastructure

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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