Taiwan plans to develop industrial parks in the United States for the smaller suppliers behind its chip and AI server giants, starting with a Texas complex that would cost between 2 billion and 4 billion dollars to build, Economic Affairs Minister Kung Ming-hsin said. The government plans more than one site.
The parks are aimed at the suppliers that TSMC, Foxconn and Wistron depend on for substrates, cooling modules, packaging and assembly, firms too small to fund and manage a US relocation alone. Private companies would fund the parks, raised through the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, with the government providing loan guarantees and help on visas and land.
The plan sits alongside approvals already flowing: Quanta Computer was recently approved to spend 973 million dollars on server assembly in Tennessee, and Wistron 150 million dollars on a US circuit board subsidiary plus 146 million dollars to renovate a Texas plant. Taiwanese companies plan about 20 billion dollars of additional US investment, separate from TSMC’s own expansion.
Kung also said Taiwan will tighten export controls on AI servers and advanced semiconductors toward alignment with US rules, making shipments to China a criminal offence under the Foreign Trade Act. The ministry has not confirmed the Texas land, and final park locations are still to be announced.