SK Hynix flooded with unprecedented big-tech offers to secure memory chip supply

Major global tech firms are making unprecedented offers — including investing in dedicated production lines and financing ASML EUV lithography equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars — to secure memory chip supply from SK Hynix, highlighting severe scarcity driven by AI data center demand. SK Hynix and Samsung have said the memory chip supply shortage will persist due to 'structural growth' in AI demand. Samsung has signed 'binding' long-term agreements with some customers, a departure from previous non-binding deals.