The industrywide push to adopt renewable energy may force TSMC, Samsung and regional peers to consider expanding chip plants beyond their home soil. (Source photos by AP and TSMC)
Dearth of renewable energy at home leaves titans lagging U.S. and European peers
CHENG TING-FANG, LAULY LI and KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writers | Taiwan
TAIPEI/SEOUL — Insufficient access to renewable energy in their home markets has left Asia’s biggest chipmakers lagging behind their U.S. and European rivals in the race to cut carbon emissions.
Making chips, especially cutting-edge ones, is extremely energy intensive. But Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chipmaker, and Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading memory chip manufacturer, are both struggling to shrink their domestic carbon footprints.
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