On September 11, Atsuyoshi Koike, president of Japan's advanced semiconductor company Rapidus, said that the company is seriously considering building a semiconductor factory on the Moon around 2040, and that the Moon has the water resources required for chip production is one of the factors considering this plan. Atsuyoshi Koike said at an event held in Washington on the same day that the idea was “not a joke.” He also showed a video of a lunar factory generated by artificial intelligence. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna also attended the event and stated that IBM and Rapidus are jointly developing advanced 1-nanometer chips.

On September 11, Atsuyoshi Koike, president of Japan's advanced semiconductor company Rapidus, said that the company is seriously considering building a semiconductor factory on the Moon around 2040, and that the Moon has the water resources required for chip production is one of the factors considering this plan. Atsuyoshi Koike said at an event held in Washington on the same day that the idea was “not a joke.” He also showed a video of a lunar factory generated by artificial intelligence. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna also attended the event and stated that IBM and Rapidus are jointly developing advanced 1-nanometer chips.