The company logo is seen on the Micron Technology Inc. offices in Shanghai, China May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song

Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a next-generation memory manufacturing facility in western Japan to support artificial intelligence computing, Nikkei reported on Saturday

Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.

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(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)