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Dealing with a water shortage in Taiwan's Hsinchu province, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has ordered 100 water tankers at a cost of 200 million Yuan. The move comes as the ongoing water shortage in Taiwan is expected to worsen over the coming months, and with it, TSMC's costs for ordering tankers are also expected to increase.
Today's report comes roughly a month after an initial one in February which also shared details bout the Taiwanese fab's attempts to fight the ongoing drought in Taiwan. The island did not experience any typhoons last year, and it is now feeling the brunt of this in the form of a water shortage that is depleting reservoirs in all of its regions.
In February TSMC had ordered tankers at a cost of $1,000 each with 20 tons of water. However back then the exact number of the company's orders was unavailable. This changes today as a fresh report from Liberty Times provides more details about the fab's tanker orders.
They reveal that the 100 water tankers that TSMC has ordered right now might only be the start of the story. However, the cost of these tankers to TSMC falls out of line with what Liberty Times and other publications have reported in the past.
The previous report put the cost of a single water tanker at NT$30,000 which is roughly equivalent to 7,000 Chinese Yuan. However, Liberty Times uses the Yuan to describe the NT$ (stating that a single tanker costs 30,000 Yuan), while Taiwan News reports that a single tanker costs NT$30,000 as stated above.
Today's report comes roughly a month after an initial one in February which also shared details bout the Taiwanese fab's attempts to fight the ongoing drought in Taiwan. The island did not experience any typhoons last year, and it is now feeling the brunt of this in the form of a water shortage that is depleting reservoirs in all of its regions.
In February TSMC had ordered tankers at a cost of $1,000 each with 20 tons of water. However back then the exact number of the company's orders was unavailable. This changes today as a fresh report from Liberty Times provides more details about the fab's tanker orders.
They reveal that the 100 water tankers that TSMC has ordered right now might only be the start of the story. However, the cost of these tankers to TSMC falls out of line with what Liberty Times and other publications have reported in the past.
The previous report put the cost of a single water tanker at NT$30,000 which is roughly equivalent to 7,000 Chinese Yuan. However, Liberty Times uses the Yuan to describe the NT$ (stating that a single tanker costs 30,000 Yuan), while Taiwan News reports that a single tanker costs NT$30,000 as stated above.
TSMC signs deal for over 100 water tankers as drought worsens situation in Taiwan - Gizmochina
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) has just signed a deal for more than 100 water tankers as the situation is expected to worsen in Taiwan, which is suffers from a drought. According to a WccfTech report, the world’s largest contract chip maker has ordered over 100 water tankers...
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