TSMC Weighs Texas Expansion, Confirms Talks With Musk’s Terafab

The Taiwanese chipmaker has sent teams to Texas to evaluate expansion beyond Arizona, where its planned investment has reached $265 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is evaluating Texas for additional U.S. chip production and has confirmed discussions about potentially using manufacturing capacity at Elon Musk’s planned Terafab semiconductor complex. TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei disclosed the developments during the company’s third-quarter earnings conference on Oct. 15, saying major American customers have been requesting more U.S. manufacturing capacity. “Texas is one. We send the teams to Texas to do all the evaluation,” Wei said, referring to locations outside Arizona...