Taiwan plans AI supply chain parks in Texas, up to $4B each
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Oct. 16 that it will work with the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) to build industrial parks in the United States under a model in which private firms fund the projects and the government assists, with each park costing roughly $2 billion to $4 billion. Economics Minister Kung Ming-hsin told Bloomberg the plan would start with one park in Texas costing up to $4 billion, that future parks would cost about $2 billion to $4 billion each, and that the government intends to build more than one U.S. park and create a long-term, sustainable supply chain open to U.S. companies and local workers. The parks are meant to host the small and mid-sized suppliers needed by TSMC, Nvidia's main production partner, and by AI server assemblers including Foxconn. Asked about Bloomberg's report that Taiwan has already secured land in Texas, the ministry said it would explain at an appropriate time; TEEMA chairman Liu Young-way has said overseas science park sites under evaluation include Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Poland and India.
The plan reflects the push to move AI server and semiconductor supply chains onshore in the U.S., which could reshape how Taiwanese suppliers operate and price overseas.
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