How Phoenix became the ‘semiconductor desert’

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility under construction in December. Photo: Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images

By Axios

California can keep Silicon Valley. Phoenix has spent the past half-century establishing itself as the “semiconductor desert,” a nickname solidified in 2020 when chipmaker Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced it would build a $12 billion factory here.

  • TSMC said in December it would start construction on a second factory in north Phoenix in 2024, bringing its total Arizona investment to $40 billion.

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