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Taiwan Plans $2B–$4B U.S. Parks for AI Suppliers
Taiwan plans multiple U.S. industrial parks, starting with a complex in Texas, to help smaller suppliers for TSMC and AI server makers set up operations. Each park is expected to cost $2 billion to $4 billion, with private businesses provid
AI.info Team · Written with AI ·
Taiwan plans to establish more than one industrial park in the United States, beginning with a Texas complex, to help smaller manufacturers serving AI hardware companies set up operations there. The Ministry of Economic Affairs said Friday, October 16, that each park is expected to cost between $2 billion and $4 billion, with private businesses providing the funding and the government offering assistance.
Texas is the first planned site
The initiative is aimed at suppliers supporting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and AI server makers such as Foxconn Technology Group. Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Kung Ming-hsin, described the plan in an interview with Bloomberg earlier in the week, according to Focus Taiwan. The parks are intended to give smaller suppliers a base in the United States alongside the companies assembling AI hardware and producing its chips.
The Texas project is the first in the plan, not a confirmed, completed development. The ministry did not confirm that land had been secured there; asked about a report saying a parcel was already secured, it said it would provide details later. Taiwan is planning multiple U.S. sites, but the government has not announced locations for any beyond Texas.
Companies provide funds; Taipei offers help
The funding model distinguishes the plan from a government-funded construction program. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said businesses would provide the capital, while the government would assist; it will work with the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) to promote the initiative. Bloomberg’s account of Kung’s interview adds that government support would include loan guarantees and help coordinating with U.S. federal and local officials on matters such as visas and land.
Those measures address practical barriers for smaller firms entering the U.S. market, rather than announcing a grant amount or a finalized financing package. The published cost range—$2 billion to $4 billion per park—describes estimated development costs. Officials have not identified the companies that will contribute funds, set a construction timetable or disclosed the Texas site’s location.
The parks target suppliers behind AI hardware
TSMC and Foxconn are better-known names in the production chain, but the plan focuses on smaller businesses that support their operations. The parks are meant to help those suppliers establish U.S. operations and connect with American agencies and companies, Taiwan’s government said. Nvidia is among the AI hardware makers the initiative is intended to support through that broader supplier network.
Foxconn Chairman Young Liu, who also chairs TEEMA’s Supervisory Committee, has previously identified Arizona and Texas, as well as Mexico, Poland and India, as potential locations for overseas science parks. Those places were described as possibilities, not as approved sites under this U.S. initiative. For now, Taiwan’s confirmed plan is narrower: multiple U.S. parks, private-sector funding, government assistance and a first complex in Texas, with land details still pending.