# TSMC triples Arizona chip plant investment to $40 billion

TSMC announced it will more than triple its planned investment at its new Arizona semiconductor plant to $40 billion, adding a second fab for 3nm process technology. The expansion will create 10,000 high-tech jobs and produce over 600,000 wafers per year.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2022-12-06
- Where: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Value: $40.0B
- Jobs: 10,000
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 wafers per year
- Products: semiconductor wafers, 3nm process technology, N4 process technology
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [TSMC](https://endata.com/companies/15886.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-visit-taiwans-tsmc-chip-plant-arizona-hail-supply-chain-fixes-2022-12-06/), 2022-12-06: "When complete, TSMC Arizona aims be the greenest semiconductor manufacturing facility in the United States producing the most advanced semiconductor process technology in the country."
- [pr.tsmc.com](https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/2977), 2022-12-06: "When complete, TSMC Arizona aims be the greenest semiconductor manufacturing facility in the United States producing the most advanced semiconductor process technology in the country."
- [cnn.com](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/business/tsmc-arizona-investment), 2022-12-06: "TSMC is upping its investment in the United States, announcing Tuesday that it’s building a second semiconductor factory in Arizona and raising its investment there from $12 billion to $40 billion."
- [appleinsider.com](https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/12/06/tsmc-triples-arizona-chip-factory-investment-to-40-billion), 2022-12-06: "TSMC originally committed $12 billion to build an Arizona-based semiconductor fabrication plant in 2020, which was already a record investment for the company outside of Taiwan."

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