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This seems wrong. Didn't TSMC have to throttle down production recently because Taiwan had a drought? Why would they have had to do that if the plants don't nee
by Analemma_ 4y ago
This seems wrong. Didn't TSMC have to throttle down production recently because Taiwan had a drought? Why would they have had to do that if the plants don't need new water after the "initial fill"?
- labrador 4y agoApparently they've figured it out: TSMC tackles Taiwan drought with plant to reuse water for chips https://archive.ph/XIff9 https://archive.ph/XIff9
- treesknees 4y agoYes, exactly. In places like Taiwan TSMC just didn't need to account for recycling/treating the water - I'm sure it's cheaper not to do so. In Arizona it's a requirement so it's built into the cost of investment.
- yellow_lead 4y agoIt depends on how many typhoons fill the reservoirs though. This year we only had a few.