Air Products Plans to Invest $250 Million to Build Semiconductor Gas Supply Facilities in Arizona, USA

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On September 16, Air Products announced that it has signed a long-term gas supply agreement with a major semiconductor manufacturer. The company will invest approximately $250 million in Arizona, USA, to build, own, and operate a set of high-purity industrial gas production and supply facilities, providing supporting gases for the customer's semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging expansion projects in the United States. The project will be commissioned in phases. The customer's name and the specific commissioning times for each phase have not yet been disclosed.

The scope of this investment includes PRISM hydrogen production units, carbon dioxide purification units, and bulk gas supply systems for helium, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. Supporting works also include storage tanks, purification equipment, online analytical instruments, and plant pipeline infrastructure, forming a complete supply system from on-site gas generation, gas purification, and storage to pipeline transportation. The relevant facilities will be built and operated long-term by Air Products itself.

The project mainly serves advanced semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging processes. High-purity hydrogen will be used in wafer manufacturing and related processes, carbon dioxide will enter the production support system after purification, and helium will be used in high-purity processes and equipment applications. Air Products did not disclose the capacity of each PRISM unit, carbon dioxide purification capacity, helium reserves, pipeline length, or the investment amount for individual equipment items.

Air Products has operated semiconductor gas supply facilities in Chandler, Arizona, since 1981, and has built an ultra-high-purity nitrogen pipeline network in the Greater Phoenix area to provide industrial gases to multiple semiconductor production bases. This new $250 million investment will further expand on-site gas generation, storage, and pipeline transportation capacity on the basis of the existing regional gas supply network.

This is the second major semiconductor gas supply project Air Products has won recently. The company disclosed that the total investment corresponding to the two recent semiconductor projects exceeds $900 million. In July, Air Products also announced that it would build and operate four large air separation units, bulk gas supply systems, and underground pipeline networks in Taiwan, China, to support local semiconductor manufacturing expansion.

Air Products is currently increasing capital investment in traditional industrial gas projects. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, the company adjusted its full-year capital expenditure forecast to approximately $3.5 billion and continues to list electronic-grade and semiconductor industrial gases as growth businesses.