TSMC would be considering opening a semiconductor plant in the United States, if the power plant it wants to build in Kaohsiung, which should supply energy to the company, is not completed or is successful.

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing company, better known as TSMC, a very important chip manufacturing company for different companies, would be thinking of building a leading factory in the United States, with an estimated investment of 1640 billion dollars, according to a Taiwanese media. This is due to the electrical problems it suffers on the southern island of Taiwan, Kaohsiung, since the electricity supply is deficient due to the need to develop a complete environmental project.

TSMC has released a statement, due to this information, where they do not rule out a future investment in the United States, but that does not mean that they will put aside the investment of Kaohsiung. This Taiwanese company wants to be the most important in terms of semiconductor production, building the first plant capable of making chips with 3nm architecture by 2022, going ahead of the titan Intel and the monster Samsung.

Currently TSMC is facing the problem of electricity supply, since it has a project in Kaohsiung that would be capable of moving 250.000 tons of water per day, capable of generating 700MW / hour of electricity, something that apparently is not easy to achieve, especially if we take into account that on the island they plan to abolish nuclear power plants and generate energy through green technologies.

If it were to decide to set up a plant in the United States, this would make life easier for its partners, NVIDIA and Apple, the largest semiconductor consumers that operate with the company. They could benefit from Donald Trump's plan to favor the establishment of factories in the country, even if the development ended after he leaves the White House, possibly. TSMC is currently valued at $ 162.000 billion, close to Intel.

Source:  elperiodicodelaenergia