Lam Research plans to invest over $3 billion across five years to expand global laboratory capacity by more than 50%.

Lam Research disclosed plans to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years in its global laboratory network. The expenditure is intended to expand the company’s laboratory capacity by more than 50%.

The stated scope is laboratory capacity rather than semiconductor-wafer fabrication capacity, data-center capacity, or GPU production. The source describes a global network expansion but does not provide a country-by-country allocation.

The announcement is a forward investment plan rather than completed capital expenditure. The supplied source does not specify annual spending levels, individual facility schedules, funding arrangements, or the exact laboratory-capacity measurement behind the targeted increase.