"All roads lead to Phoenix. On the gravy train of greenfield investment riding on the back of Inflation Reduction Act legislative incentives in the United States, no county ranks higher than Arizona’s Maricopa. The county leads the nation in foreigndirect investment, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), Intel, LG Energy, and others expanding their footprint in the Grand Canyon State. But Phoenix is neither the next Rome nor the next Detroit. The reasons boil down to workers and
First, the labor. America’s skilled worker shortage has been well documented since before the Trump-era immigration slump and pandemic border closures. Especially in the tech industry—the United States’ most productive, high-wage, and globallydominant sector—a huge deficit in homegrown engineering talent and endlessly bungled immigration policies have left Big Tech with no choice but to outsource more jobs abroad.
Arizona dangled its low taxes and sunshine, but TSMC has had to fly in Taiwanese technicians to jump-start production at the 4 nanometer chip plant that was meant to be completed by 2024, but has been delayed until 2025 at the earliest.Analog Devices, and Intel—in the United States, it’s no wonder TSMC wants to speed things up.)
The salvage operation calls into question whether the more advanced and miniaturized 3 nanometer plant—scheduled to open in 2026 will stay on course. (With two-thirds of its customer base—including Apple, AMD, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Nvidia, Marvell,
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/04/tsmc-taiwan-arizona-semiconductors-climate-canada-labor-water/
On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 4:28:54 PM UTC-4, ltlee1 wrote:foreign direct investment, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), Intel, LG Energy, and others expanding their footprint in the Grand Canyon State. But Phoenix is neither the next Rome nor the next Detroit. The reasons boil down to workers
"All roads lead to Phoenix. On the gravy train of greenfield investment riding on the back of Inflation Reduction Act legislative incentives in the United States, no county ranks higher than Arizona’s Maricopa. The county leads the nation in
dominant sector—a huge deficit in homegrown engineering talent and endlessly bungled immigration policies have left Big Tech with no choice but to outsource more jobs abroad.First, the labor. America’s skilled worker shortage has been well documented since before the Trump-era immigration slump and pandemic border closures. Especially in the tech industry—the United States’ most productive, high-wage, and globally
Analog Devices, and Intel—in the United States, it’s no wonder TSMC wants to speed things up.)Arizona dangled its low taxes and sunshine, but TSMC has had to fly in Taiwanese technicians to jump-start production at the 4 nanometer chip plant that was meant to be completed by 2024, but has been delayed until 2025 at the earliest.
The salvage operation calls into question whether the more advanced and miniaturized 3 nanometer plant—scheduled to open in 2026 will stay on course. (With two-thirds of its customer base—including Apple, AMD, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Nvidia, Marvell,
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/04/tsmc-taiwan-arizona-semiconductors-climate-canada-labor-water/Danny Seiden, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce dutifully responded to the above with an article
entitled "Arizona Is Not Running Out of Water or Workers". https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/15/tsmc-semiconductors-arizona-taiwan-climate-chips/?
"Contrary to what the authors wrote, the new model has not frozen new housing construction in the Phoenix area. In fact,
the region has more than 80,000 new houses in the pipeline for which water certificates have been issued." And the author
gave the following link the response:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-limits-new-housing-phoenix-dwindling-water-supply-rcna87390
Click the provided link and, viola, an article with the headline and sub-headline of
"Arizona limits new housing around Phoenix because of dwindling water supply Officials said developers could still build in the affected areas but would need to find alternative water sources to
do so — such as surface or recycled water."
And of course, Arizona is not running out of water providing that manufacturers built and run their own
water recycle system.
"Intel’s 12-acre onsite water reclamation facility at its Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona, treats more than 9
million gallons of water a day, enabling its four fabs and counting to reuse water constantly within its systems.
...
Likewise, TSMC, which announced a $40 billion investment to build two high-tech fabs in the state, is in the
planning stage of building an onsite water reclamation plant, enabling its Arizona operations to achieve near-zero
liquid discharge."
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