CallandorWoTI still say TSMC is making a huge mistake building in drought ridden states in USA, when instead they should have contacted right wing tax haven states near the five great lakes... TSMC will regret it in the end, when they see how expensive it will be to get fresh water to their factory in the southwest. Might be ok now, but its going to get bad, really bad. I think it will anyway, we'll see.

CallandorWoTSingapore is probably a mistake, if I am not mistaken they have close ties to China, so if anything ever happens with China and Taiwan, Singapore will probably go with China and as we have seen Russia seize other countries factories recently, Singapore will probably do the same to TSMC in the allied spirit with China...

CallandorWoTTSMC is a rich company, but not a very smart or strategic one, meh.

TheLostSwedeWhy is Intel building fabs right next door though? Not saying you're wrong here, just curious why both companies picked Arizona, outside of tax cuts.

They do indeed, but Singapore has the workforce, as there are a lot of foundries there already. It means it's easier to hire the right staff.

Well, where else do you suggest they should build fabs that has the kind of workforce that's trained to operate a semiconductor fab? It's not something you get into at night school exactly. They're always going to have to "poach" some people from the competition where they set up, to have some senior staff that can teach the n00bs. There are only so many places that offer this kind of talent in the world.

CallandorWoTIntel is also stupid, for the same reasons. They will regret the lack of fresh water in the next ten years in Arizona. I believe Indiana/Wisconsin/Minnesota, etc would have matched the tax benefits to TSMC to build there next to the Great Lakes, as far as the talent pool goes, I would argue a lot of people are getting sick of big city life, and could easily be enticed with large hiring bonuses and moving fees covered to relocate to smaller cities/towns near wherever they build the factory. I may be very wrong about that assumption though.

CallandorWoTI still say TSMC is making a huge mistake building in drought ridden states in USA, when instead they should have contacted right wing tax haven states near the five great lakes... TSMC will regret it in the end, when they see how expensive it will be to get fresh water to their factory in the southwest. Might be ok now, but its going to get bad, really bad. I think it will anyway, we'll see.

Singapore is probably a mistake, if I am not mistaken they have close ties to China, so if anything ever happens with China and Taiwan, Singapore will probably go with China and as we have seen Russia seize other countries factories recently, Singapore will probably do the same to TSMC in the allied spirit with China...

TSMC is a rich company, but not a very smart or strategic one, meh.

TheLostSwedeon top of many people realising that living in a tiny flat near the centre of the city isn't all what it was cracked up to be when you can't go outside.

TiggerThe same could happen to London

TheLostSwedeIt's been happening all over the world as far as I've seen.

Count von SchwalbeThe entire state of California...

TheLostSwedeWell, California seems to be having a wide range of issues that has cause the perfect storm for a lot of people there I'd say. Firestorm that is.

Count von SchwalbeI am surprised that TSMC is not moving to less politically dangerous/unstable areas in general.