en.Wedoany.com Reported - The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act has spurred over $50 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing investments, prompting Taiwanese electronics manufacturers to accelerate their expansion into the United States. Texas, with its favorable policies and industrial environment, is becoming a key region for Taiwanese companies to establish production bases.
The rapid growth of AI computing demand and the global restructuring of supply chains are driving U.S. tech companies to require their supply chain partners to build local manufacturing capabilities. Taiwanese enterprises, leveraging the science park model as a foundation for industrial clusters, are gradually making this a key strategy for entering the U.S. market. Based on recent investment cases, Texas has emerged as one of the most competitive semiconductor and AI manufacturing bases in the United States. AI chip company NVIDIA produced its first AI supercomputer in the U.S. in collaboration with two Taiwanese manufacturers; Hon Hai (Foxconn) is building an AI infrastructure manufacturing center in Houston; and Wistron has invested $761 million to establish two AI supercomputer factories in Fort Worth, expected to begin mass production this year. Many companies believe Texas is highly suitable for establishing Taiwanese-style science parks.
Texas Instruments has announced investments exceeding $60 billion to expand U.S. semiconductor production capacity, with up to $40 billion allocated to four wafer fabs in Sherman and Richardson, Texas—setting a record for the largest single investment in U.S. basic semiconductor manufacturing history. Additionally, Delta Electronics, GlobalWafers, and the Formosa Plastics Group have already established or expanded operations in Texas, indicating that the local semiconductor supply chain cluster is gradually maturing.
Texas is actively attracting large-scale technology and manufacturing investments through programs such as the Texas Enterprise Fund, the Jobs and Economic Transformation Initiative, and the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund. Jacey Jetton, founder and CEO of Jetton Solutions, who frequently travels to Taiwan to assess companies investing in the U.S., noted that successful investors in Texas share a common characteristic: they understand early on that Texas actively pursues significant investments. When companies are prepared and establish the right partnerships, they do not wait for government responses but instead engage in the investment decision-making dialogue from the very beginning.
