Semiconductors
This page follows the chip factory Tata Electronics is building at Dholera and the companies gathering around it. A semiconductor fab is the plant where blank silicon wafers are turned into finished chips. It is the single largest reason Dholera is in the news, so we track it in dated steps rather than headlines.
Fujifilm India signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat State Electronics Mission on 30 June 2026 to explore a semiconductor materials production base at Dholera.
NextGen Semiconductors outlines Rs 8,800 crore silicon and silicon-carbide platform at DholeraNextGen Semiconductors has outlined a phased investment of more than Rs 8,800 crore for a fully integrated silicon and silicon-carbide power-semiconductor platform at Dholera, saying it has secured land, targeted works from April 2026, and is under India Semiconductor Mission review.
Tata Electronics confirms ASML partnership for the Dholera fab's lithographyTata Electronics confirmed a partnership with ASML, announced 17 May 2026 and published on tataelectronics.com, covering lithography systems for the Dholera fab.
Cabinet clears two more semiconductor units, one at Dholera, combined over Rs 3,900 croreThe Union Cabinet on 5 May 2026 cleared two additional semiconductor units, one at Dholera and one at Surat, with combined investment above Rs 3,900 crore and more than 2,200 jobs projected.
The government put an employment number on the Dholera zone: 21,000 personsA Press Information Bureau release of 16 April 2026 states that the Dholera special economic zone is spread over 66.166 hectares and is poised to provide employment to 21,000 persons.
Centre notifies a 66-hectare Tata Semiconductor SEZ at DholeraThe Centre notified a Special Economic Zone of about 66 hectares for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing at Dholera, reported on 14 April 2026, with around 21,000 jobs projected across coverage.
- 9 April 2026DURABLESemiconductorsWhat the gazette actually says about the fab's land: 66.166 hectares, plot 255, survey number 151
- 9 April 2026DURABLESemiconductorsThe fab's zone was also made a deemed inland container depot, which is what makes the imports work
- 17 March 2026DURABLESemiconductorsThe fab's special economic zone was approved three weeks before it was notified
- 7 March 2025DURABLESemiconductorsMore than 170 industry visitors were taken round the Dholera fab site over two days
- 5 March 2025DURABLESemiconductorsFiscal Support Agreement signed for the Tata Dholera fab under the India Semiconductor Mission
- 4 February 2025DURABLESemiconductorsA 31 member Japanese semiconductor committee toured Dholera in February 2025
- 11 September 2024DURABLESemiconductorsDICDL took Dholera to SEMICON India 2024 with the state electronics mission
- 29 February 2024DURABLESemiconductorsCabinet approves the Tata Electronics-PSMC fab: Rs 91,000 crore, up to 50,000 wafers a month