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Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC says it will spend another $100 billion on expanding ...
TSMC announced a further $100 billion investment in US manufacturing capacity expansion, signalling accelerated onshoring of advanced chip production away from Taiwan amid geopolitical tensions and supply chain resilience demands.
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The Wire takeaway
If you sell capital equipment, materials, or logistics into chip fabs, TSMC just committed $100 billion in US spend that was supposed to stay in Taiwan. Your customer acquisition cost on US-based chip makers just dropped - they need suppliers now, not in five years.
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Topics: Semiconductors · chip-manufacturing · us-onshoring · supply-chain · capex-cycle · geopolitical-resilience