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KLA to Invest $400 Million in Chennai R&D Campus After MoU With Tamil Nadu

The project expands KLA’s Chennai footprint into a planned hub for AI‑driven semiconductor research.

Overview

  • The memorandum of understanding was signed in Chennai in the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin, Industries Minister T R B Rajaa, senior officials, and KLA executives.
  • The planned campus spans 12 acres with potential build-out of roughly 1.5 million square feet over time.
  • The company projects up to 4,000 high-skilled jobs to be created across the next decade.
  • Research priorities include high-performance computing, process-control engineering software, and AI-led semiconductor innovation.
  • The initiative builds on KLA’s recently opened ₹300 crore R&D facility in Chennai and strengthens Tamil Nadu’s role in the global semiconductor value chain.