TSMC weighs multibillion-dollar Texas campus for chipmaking expansion

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is reportedly considering a second major US manufacturing campus, this time in Texas. The move would deepen its investment in American chipmaking at a moment when demand for AI chips shows no sign of cooling. According to Bloomberg, the discussions are preliminary. The world’s most important contract chipmaker apparently wants to stack its American bets two states high. What’s on the table The potential site would likely sit near Dallas, in the region boosters have branded the “Silicon Prairie.” Reports indicate the campus could include as many as six advanced wafer fabrication facilities. Each new Texas fab is projected to cost at least $20 billion. Multiply that across several facilities, and the total investment could reach tens of billions of dollars. The Texas campus is also expected to feature more advanced production technologies than TSMC’s existing US operations. Nothing is final yet. The plans have not been approved by TSMC’s board, and the company’s suppliers have reportedly not been told. The Arizona baseline Texas would supplement, not replace, TSMC’s sprawling Arizona footprint. The company has already committed $265 billion ...