The semiconductor manufacturer in Taiwan, the largest chips manufacturer in the world, intends to spend $ 100 billion in the United States over the next four years to expand its productive capacity and provide semiconductor operations that are most advanced to its operations in Arizona.
CC WeI, CEO of TSMC, is expected to reveal investment and production plans on Monday during the appearance of President Trump at the White House. Two people said knowledge of the plan that asked not to be identified because the plans were not announced.
The investment comes after years of work to decrease local manufacturing of semiconductors. The batch began to rebuild this industry during the previous Trump administration and continued to pass the Biden Administration Law, a draft law of the two parties aimed at making the United States less dependent on Asia for small electronics that operate everything from cars to iPad.
The investment was reported earlier Wall Street Magazine.
Over the past decade, TSMC has surrounded the market to manufacture chips. He – she Its production focused in TaiwanAnd raising fears in Washington that the United States may lose access to advanced chips because Beijing wants to restore the island as part of China.
Under the Law of Chips, TSMC is committed to investing $ 65 billion To build three factories in the state of Arizona. The production process that it committed to brought to the United States is an ancient technology that creates less developed chips than those produced in Taiwan. receive 6.6 billion dollars in federal financing To support the project.
Since he took office in January, Mr. Trump has pressed TSMC to bring the most advanced production operations to the United States. He has The 100 percent threatened definitions on the Taiwanese chips The chips law criticized its failure to obtain companies like TSMC to make more chips locally.
TSMC and Taiwanese officials were scrambling to respond to Mr. Trump’s threats. In January, Mr. Wei met with Howard Lottenic, Minister of Commerce, about the investments that TSMC could make. Discover the possibility TSMC investment in American chips maker, Intel, In a deal that will see it takes on the Silicon Valley Icon manufacturing operations. Taiwan officials also traveled to Washington and offering investment deals in the United States.
But Mr. Trump kept his pressure on the company and the Taiwan government. During a White House press conference in February, Mr. Trump said: “Taiwan took our digital business away. We had Intel. We had these wonderful companies that have done well. They were taken from us, and we wanted to return the work. We want it again in the United States, and if they didn’t return it, we will not be very happy.”
With its appearance on Monday, TSMC will become the latest in a series of companies to visit the White House and take over investment obligations. In January, Openai, Oracle and Softbank promised to spend $ 500 billion On data centers over the next four years. Last month, Tim Cook, Apple CEO, met with Mr. Trump in front of the company He is committed to spending $ 500 billion For four years, with some of this support go to a new factory in Houston to make artificial intelligence servers.
“In 2020, thanks to President Trump’s vision and support, we began our journey to create advanced chips in the United States,” TSMC spokesman said in a statement on Monday. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to meet the president and look forward to discussing our common vision of innovation and growth in the semiconductor industry.”
