Taiwan plans Texas AI supplier complex costing up to $4 billion

Taiwan plans to support a series of U.S. industrial parks for artificial-intelligence hardware suppliers, starting with a Texas complex estimated to cost between $2 billion and $4 billion, Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin said. The facilities are intended to help smaller Taiwanese suppliers serving TSMC and AI-server assemblers including Foxconn establish U.S. operations around production linked to Nvidia and other hardware makers.

Private businesses are expected to invest jointly and raise the funds, while Taiwan’s government and the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association will help advance the program, the Economy Ministry said. The ministry has not identified committed investors, disclosed financing terms or described the $4 billion ceiling as committed public spending.

Kung said Taiwan plans more than one U.S. park and estimated that each would require roughly $2 billion to $4 billion. The ministry has not confirmed whether land for the first Texas complex has been acquired. No construction schedule, final site, permits, utility arrangements or binding tenant commitments have been disclosed.

The proposal builds on existing government work in Texas. The Economy Ministry opened a trade and investment center in Dallas and said it was working with the electronics association to help Taiwanese industries form overseas clusters. In May 2025, the ministry said Taiwanese and Texas officials had discussed a science and industry park and closer semiconductor and AI cooperation.

Nvidia’s U.S. manufacturing plan includes AI-supercomputer plants in Houston with Foxconn and in Dallas with Wistron. TSMC is separately evaluating a possible Texas investment, but that plan remains under deliberation. The available evidence does not establish Nvidia, TSMC, Foxconn or the industry association as committed funders, tenants or operators of the proposed park.