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Making Chips Requires Lots of Water and, Gulp, Taiwan Has a Drought
Acts of God may play a role in the next installment of the global chip crisis especially with the mainspring of the industry running dry.
No perfect storms.
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Turns out, semiconductor manufacturing doesn’t just require multi-billion dollar factories and a lot of smarts, it also takes water. Gallons and gallons of it for every single chip. Better hope there’s no drought.
Oops, too late.