TSMC Starts Building Third Arizona Plant As US Tariffs Loom
The TSMC fabrication plant in Phoenix, Arizona, in March.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has begun construction on a third chip plant in Arizona, ramping up its US expansion as the Trump administration threatens further tariffs to spur American manufacturing.
The world’s most advanced chipmaker announced the third phase of its US expansion the same day Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick toured TSMC’s site, which the company called the single largest foreign investment in US history.