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The memory chip sector's capex cycle has turned outward, and the Sea of Japan is increasingly in frame.
SK Hynix is reportedly considering the construction of a multitrillion-won manufacturing facility in Japan, a move that, if confirmed, would place the South Korean memory maker among a small group of companies committing fixed investment of that scale to a foreign location during the current cycle.
The reported figure for the prospective facility is multitrillion won. SK Hynix has not publicly confirmed the plans, and the conditional framing of the reports keeps timeline and project specifics open.
For a currencies desk, a development of this kind reads through as a flow story first.
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