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TechieTwo If they generated $514 million in profit the first year they can certainly pay for electricity generation systems and other needs instead of taxpayers paying. Reply
PEnns TechieTwo said: If they generated $514 million in profit the first year they can certainly pay for electricity generation systems and other needs instead of taxpayers paying. Well, they are not an AI company, I would trust them to do that. Reply
passivecool TechieTwo said: If they generated $514 million in profit the first year they can certainly pay for electricity generation systems and other needs instead of taxpayers paying. Why do the first posters never bother to read the article beforehand? TSMC had net revenue after taxes of USD 3.8 billion, running a profit margin of (an amazing) 45% So yes, they can afford to implement total fab AIO closed loop cooling and take care of their own energy needs. But they will only want to if they have to. It is a weird USA 'socialism' autoimmune condition that allows large corps to roll over the immense infrastructure costs onto the local consumers. If I were a world leader with all my fabs where china is drooling down my neck to take over the country in which i operate – I would also be interested in derisking and opening fabs in the main distribution markets. You can make energy anywhere. Okay creating the infrastructure to train people to become competent employees is a whole different story. To not break every TH rule I will omit any comment on the policies required to not shoot the transition in the knee. Both knees. And the head. Twice. Reply
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