TSMC’s Second Factory in Arizona Delayed as US Grants Remain in Flux
- The firm’s first fab in Arizona has been pushed back to 2025
- Biden White House has yet to hand out chip subsidies to TSMC
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced another delay to its $40 billion site in Arizona, dealing a further blow to the Biden administration’s plans to boost manufacturing of critical components on US soil.
Executives said their second plant in Arizona, whose shell is now being built, will start operations in 2027 or 2028, later than TSMC’s prior guidance of 2026. That’s after the company in July announced a delay to the first site, now due to start making 4-nanometer chips only in 2025, citing a lack of skilled labor and higher costs.