# Lam Research breaks ground on $620 million Oregon chip-equipment lab

_Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Lam Research broke ground on a $620 million research-and-development lab in Tualatin, Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The 120,000-square-foot facility is part of a plan to spend $1.5 billion on major Washington County R&D laboratories over the next decade and a half. Lam, which designs and builds semiconductor-manufacturing tools, expects the new lab to add about 400 jobs to its roughly 3,000-person Tualatin workforce. The company also plans $3 billion of investment across U.S., Asian and European operations.

## Sources

- [opb.org](https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/26/tualatin-lam-research-breaks-ground-new-lab-computer-chip-manufacturing/)

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