# TSMC plans $12 billion semiconductor factory in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix city officials voted to authorize a development agreement with TSMC providing $205 million in city funds for infrastructure for a planned $12 billion semiconductor factory. TSMC disclosed plans in May 2020 to build a 5-nanometer chip factory in Arizona.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-11-18
- Where: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Value: $12.0B
- Jobs: 1,600
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Products: 5-nanometer semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company](https://endata.com/companies/27337.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tsmc-arizona/phoenix-okays-development-deal-with-tsmc-for-12-billion-chip-factory-idUSKBN27Y30E/), 2020-11-18: "City officials in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday unanimously voted to authorize a development agreement with chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/phoenix-okays-development-deal-with-tsmc-12-bln-chip-factory-2020-11-18/), 2020-11-18: "City officials in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday unanimously voted to authorize a development agreement with chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co."
- [abc15.com](https://www.abc15.com/news/business/taiwan-semiconductor-buys-north-phoenix-land-for-89m), 2020-12-10: "Taiwan Semiconductor, which makes silicon chips for Apple Inc. and several other major technology companies, announced preliminary plans for a Phoenix facility in May."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/taiwan-approves-chipmaker-tsmcs-plan-to-invest-35-bln-in-new-arizona-plant-idUSL1N2J20UK/), 2020-12-22: "Taiwan's ministry of economic affairs... said on Tuesday that it had approved TSMC's application for the investment."

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