Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTSMC Arizona chip plant still has 50% Taiwanese workers as production nears9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down14
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minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoWhy the hell are they building in Arizona?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoEmpty land, ridiculously good solar, rare weather events, along enough railways that the products can get anywhere.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoSame reason you can get toyotas built in the US. No import tax. Also, the US needs it. We can build advanced chips in the US with it there, and it employs/trains Americans.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoFree money? Eta: and a state government known to put the water needs of corporations above the people’s
Why the hell are they building in Arizona?
Empty land, ridiculously good solar, rare weather events, along enough railways that the products can get anywhere.
Same reason you can get toyotas built in the US. No import tax.
Also, the US needs it. We can build advanced chips in the US with it there, and it employs/trains Americans.
Free money?
Eta: and a state government known to put the water needs of corporations above the people’s