# SkyWater begins tool installation for DOD-funded fab expansion

SkyWater Technology started tool installation for its facility expansion in Bloomington, Minnesota, supported by a Department of Defense investment of up to $170 million. The expansion will add copper interconnect capability and support Strategic Rad-Hard market.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-09-08
- Where: Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
- Value: $170.0M
- Status: under construction
- Products: microelectronics, semiconductor wafers, copper interconnect technology
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SkyWater Technology](https://endata.com/companies/42779.md)
- [Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/5026.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skywater-begins-domestic-fab-expansion-tool-installation-to-support-dod-investment-of-up-to-170m-301125307.html), 2020-09-08: "SkyWater Technology today announced that its facility expansion, supported by the previously announced Department of Defense (DOD) investment of up to $170 million, is progressing ahead of schedule and tool installation has already started."
- [skywatertechnology.com](https://www.skywatertechnology.com/skywater-begins-domestic-fab-expansion-tool-installation-to-support-dod-investment-of-up-to-170m/), 2020-09-08: "SkyWater Begins Domestic Fab Expansion Tool Installation to Support DOD Investment of up to $170M"

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