# TSMC to build third and fourth fabs in Arizona

TSMC announced it will start building its third and fourth fabs in Arizona later in 2025, as part of an additional $100 billion investment to build five more semiconductor plants and a research center in the U.S. The first fab started volume production in Q4 2024, and the second fab is nearing completion.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-04-17
- Where: Arizona, United States
- Value: $100.0B
- Jobs: 40,000
- Starts operating: 2030
- Status: announced
- Products: semiconductor chips (4 nm, 3 nm, N2, A16 nodes)
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [techpowerup.com](https://www.techpowerup.com/335599/tsmc-expands-u-s-footprint-with-two-new-fabs-in-arizona), 2025-04-17: "TSMC is speeding up its plans to grow worldwide, the company's Chairman, C.C. Wei is announcing they'll start building their third and fourth fabs in Arizona later this year."
- [iclarified.com](https://www.iclarified.com/97176/apple-supplier-tsmc-breaks-ground-on-third-arizona-chip-plant), 2025-04-30: "We recently broke ground on our third fab, which will introduce more advanced semiconductor capacity to the United States."

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