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TSMC revenue jumps 37% in January; AI spending marches on

The demand for data centre chips is spurring the chipmaker to earmark as much as US$56 billion in capital spending this year

Plans are in flux and had not been signed by Trump, the Financial Times  reported.

US plans Big Tech carve-out from next chip tariffs, FT reports

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump‘s administration plans to spare firms such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft from upcoming tariffs on chips as they build AI data centres, the Financial Times reported on Monda...

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factory in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Taiwan's Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said she had made it clear to Washington that Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, built up over decades, could not be relocated.

Taiwan says 40% shift of chip capacity to US is ‘impossible’

The semiconductor ecosystem will continue to grow in Taiwan, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said

Japan’s government has subsidised Taiwan’s leading chipmaker to build out capacity in Kyushu.

TSMC plans US$17 billion investment in three-nanometre chip production in Japan: report

Securing access to chips has become a priority for governments around the world

TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, offered an impressive earnings report last week, exceeding forecasts with a 35% jump in fourth-quarter profit.

Taiwan’s 2025 export orders hit record on solid AI demand

At US$743.7 billion, they are 26% higher than a year earlier

Taiwanese officials and TSMC, meanwhile, have said that the chipmaker will keep its best technology at home.

TSMC eyes smaller tech gap between US and Taiwan chipmaking fabs

The company is accelerating the buildout of its capacity in Arizona due to strong demand

Taiwanese companies, such as TSMC, are expected to make investments totaling at least US$250 billion to increase production of semiconductors, energy and artificial intelligence in the US.

US, Taiwan reach trade deal focused on semiconductors, US Commerce Department says

Chipmakers like TSMC that expand US production will get a lower tax rate for semiconductors they import into the country

The boom in AI has helped TSMC, Asia’s most valuable listed firm, outshine its rivals. It now boasts a market capitalisation of around US$1.4 trillion.

TSMC smashes forecasts with record profit, flags more US factories

Its results come as Taiwan signalled that a tariff deal with the US could come soon

The Supreme Court is set to rule on the legality of Trump’s global tariffs as soon as Wednesday.

Trump team nears Taiwan trade deal with more US chip investment

Any agreement with Taipei risks provoking China, which claims the island as part of its territory