Taiwan’s Economic Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) announced Wednesday that 20 Taiwanese semiconductor and AI server companies have expressed interest in investing in the United States, with a preliminary total of US$35 billion, excluding TSMC’s existing U.S. commitments. The figure was disclosed at a U.S.-Taiwan supply chain press conference in Washington attended by Kung, National Development Council Minister Yeh Chun-hsien (葉俊顯), and Taiwan's representative to the U.S., Alexander Yui (俞大㵢).

Minister Kung signed a memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) to jointly identify suitable locations for Taiwanese industrial parks in the United States. Companies expressing interest include UMC, GlobalWafers, Win Semiconductors, Foxconn, Quanta Computer, Wistron, and Compal Electronics, among others. Taiwan led all nations at this year’s SelectUSA Investment Summit, with 113 participating firms. 

Yeh separately met with senior U.S. officials to discuss AI cooperation and visited TSMC’s construction site in Arizona. He outlined Taiwan's plans for a financing guarantee mechanism to support Taiwanese firms investing in the U.S., while encouraging American companies to expand investment in Taiwan's five trusted industries and AI infrastructure programs.

Taiwan's delegation also included 37 startups, seven of which simultaneously competed in Taiwan's top domestic startup competition, with five advancing to the final 30, signaling growing momentum for Taiwanese innovators entering global markets.