Chipmaking equipment spending could hit US$270 billion by 2030, Futurum says

, DIGITIMES, Taipei

Sep 11, 2026, 16:59 0

Futurum estimates that 1GW of AI capacity requires about 745,000 wafers and US$6.1 billion in wafer fab equipment investment. Credit: Sherri Wang

Global wafer fab equipment (WFE) spending could reach about US$270 billion in 2030 as data center expansion drives demand for advanced logic, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), DRAM and advanced packaging capacity, according to Futurum Group.

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