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Kioxia, Yokkaichi
Yokkaichi, Japan34.97°N 136.62°E
computed criticality12/100
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Kioxia + SanDisk ≈27% of global NAND (Q1 2025)
2025Fault line
The world's largest NAND complex, run as a Kioxia–SanDisk joint venture: more than a quarter of the world's flash comes essentially from Yokkaichi and Kitakami. The site has already shown its criticality, a 2022 contamination pulled several exabytes from the market and sent global prices soaring within days.
Actors
Kioxia (Yokkaichi / Kitakami)
SanDisk (Milpitas)
Feeds 2
Nvidia, Santa ClaraCompute↗AI data centers, the bottleneck migratesSilicon↗Shocks endured
Contamination at Kioxia, global NAND faltersFeb 3, 2022 · epicentre↗Sources