Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. says it has started construction on a second semiconductor chip plant in Phoenix. Combined with another under-construction plant nearby, the company says it will have invested $40 billion in the projects.
More than 10,000 construction workers would be involved in building the plants, known as “fabs,” TSMC says. Work on the first plant is being led by a joint venture of Dallas-based Austin Commercial and Houston-based CTCI Americas Inc. Neither the contractors nor TSMC immediately responded to inquiries about the team for the second fab.