[raincole]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_out_(manufacturing)

> Xiaomi has an 860,000 square foot factory in Changping, Beijing capable of manufacturing 10 million smartphones a year across 11 fully automated production lines.

> ASE Group, a Taiwanese company that handles outsourced semiconductor packaging and testing have 56 lights out factories.

It has always been the goal to make factories go dark.

[softwaredoug]

There are over 700 engineers that keep the ASE factories going

> By 2024, the company has established 56 lights-out factories, trained more than 700 automation engineers,

https://www.aseglobal.com/csr/sustainability-governance/smar...