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Main reasons are a stable geology and climate, access to reliable water via the salt river project that was designated for industrial use, and the historical se
by UberFly 2y ago
Main reasons are a stable geology and climate, access to reliable water via the salt river project that was designated for industrial use, and the historical semiconductor presence that is already in the area. The local universities also have a strong focus on tech.
- manquer 2y agoTaiwan is a humid island on the ring of fire , is any of the environmental factors actually all that important?
- SpecialistK 2y agoYou can't choose where you're from, but you can choose where you go afterwards.
- manquer 2y agoArizona seems a particularly bad place to choose freely. Fabs consume enormous quantities of water and Arizona (and the sw) are already in precarious position, and not even a semi viable theoretical option like desalination possible in the future
- SpecialistK 2y agoThere must be something Intel, TSMC, and NXP (fmr. Motorola) saw in the area to build several fabs there.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoThe water is recycled
- manquer 2y ago>water is recycled A sweeping statement, like plastic is recycled. It is more complex than that. It is energy intensive (and expensive) to recycle both low purity and ultra pure water (UPW) used and for some fabs it is just 40% [1] and there is no consistent globally adopted solution, most of the tech used is still evolving and not implemented everywhere. [1] https://spectrum.ieee.org/fabs-cut-back-water-use https://spectrum.ieee.org/fabs-cut-back-water-use
- manquer 2y agoTalent is the reason. Same reason taiwan works very well.