Officially, the company continues to say that they are thinking about building a plant in Europe. Behind the scenes, however, one is already much further, as a recent report by the US intelligence service Bloomberg shows. According to sources familiar with the matter, the construction project is expected to cost at least 7 billion euros, but the total investment will probably be closer to 10 billion euros.
The location of the new plant will most likely be in Saxony – so TSMC is docking onto the semiconductor region around Dresden. In view of the partners with whom one wants to realize the plant, this is also logical: the Taiwanese do not want to build alone, but work together with NXP, Bosch and Infineon, all of which are already settled in the vicinity of the site.
Chips for cars
TSMC Chairman Mark Liu had previously told shareholders in 2021 that the chipmaker had begun examining building a manufacturing facility in Germany, Europe’s largest economy. The planned European plant will focus on chips for the automotive sector. However, this also means that TSMC will not use its high-end processes in this country, but rather rely on well-hung 28-nanometer designs.
In view of the subsidy programs that are being launched worldwide for the semiconductor industry, the TSMC consortium is of course also speculating on state aid. It is still unclear how high these losses will be. However, the negotiations are said to be already underway at various levels. It is to be expected here that the federal government, the EU and probably also the state of Saxony will each take on certain services in order to realize the work.
See also:
- TSMC plans chip factory in Germany with an investment volume of at least EUR 7 billion (max. EUR 10 billion) (85 characters)
- location probably Saxony; Partners NXP, Bosch, Infineon
- Automotive Chips (28nm Designs)
- TSMC hopes for government funding
- Negotiations are ongoing at various levels (federal, EU, Saxony)
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