Taiwan International Smart Energy Week

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1. Oct 15
   Taipower proposes 'fiber for power' siting strategy for AI data centers

   At the 2026 Taiwan International Smart Energy Week, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) presented a "fiber for power" strategy under its "integrated grid" theme, arguing that AI data centers (AIDCs) should be sited near generation and send data over long-distance fiber instead of transmitting large amounts of electricity over long distances, reducing transmission losses and pressure to build new power infrastructure. Taipower splits AI-era demand into "making AI" — wafer fabrication, memory, advanced packaging and high-end servers, with semiconductor-industry electricity use projected by Taipower to rise from about 52 billion kWh in 2026 to 110 billion kWh in 2035 — and "running AI," meaning AIDCs supporting model training and inference. Taipower data put approved AIDC supply at 1,441MW, including roughly 750MW added in 2026, more than half the cumulative total, and likened AIDCs to a shot put for their dense, concentrated load on regional grids.

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2. Oct 14
   Xterral and Hanji to build 10MW modular gas power systems for AI data centers

   Xterral New Energy said its subsidiary Chenxi Precision signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Hanji, Volvo Penta's Taiwan distributor, to jointly develop 10MW-class containerized modular gas power systems targeting self-supplied power for AI data centers. Hanji supplies the Volvo Penta gas engines while Chenxi handles local manufacturing and system integration, and the modules can be deployed and expanded in stages to match a data center's actual demand. Hanji's chairman said the company has secured a 2027 allocation of 300 gas engines, corresponding to roughly 120MW; Xterral also debuted an integrated generation, distribution, storage and backup power package at Taiwan International Smart Energy Week, including 5.5kW, 12kW and 22kW battery backup units.

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3. Oct 12
   Taipower chair: grid, not just generation, is key to AI-era power supply

   Taipower chairman Tseng Wen-sheng said at a pre-show press conference for the 2026 Taiwan International Net Zero and Smart Energy Week that AI-driven computing demand is forcing the domestic power industry to adopt the tech sector's faster decision-making rhythm, with investment planning horizons compressed from roughly ten years to five or even three. He said future supply depends not only on whether generation capacity is sufficient but on whether the grid can deliver power to where it is needed and coordinate with renewables and storage, noting that Taiwan's computing demand may not be concentrated among large cloud providers because some companies will build their own data centers or run workloads on-premises for confidentiality. Tseng said existing resources and plans can cover industry needs, citing Taiwan's global ranking of third in 2024 and sixth in 2025 for gas-fired unit investment, while Taipower spokesperson Huang Mei-lien said reports that large users such as TSMC might be asked to fund power plants remain a conceptual discussion and do not shift supply responsibility to manufacturers.

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