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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the semiconductor company building a $12 billion plant in Arizona, has
reportedly secured aid from federal and state governments...
TSMC announced it
will build a $12 billion chip fabrication plant in Arizona, creating more than 1,600 jobs. The company expects construction on the plant to kick off in 2021...
The size of the subsidies is still under negotiations, however. "We are still talking to the
U.S. government.""
TSMC is working with US government officials regarding the size of the subsidies.
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The point being that even though the company may have paid the initial amount itself (not referenced directly as certain in the article as it says that TSMC "secured aid from Federal and State govts"), it does Not negate the information already publicized elsewhere that the company did/will receive some types of govt aid, Fed or state/local, at that time or in the future.
How obtuse you want to be about being 'right' about about what TSMC actually privately negotiated with the Fed and State/local govts?
Were you actually there or anyone else here at Macrumors? Doubtful!
It's commonplace for manufacturing companies to ask for govt subsidies
before it builds the factories inside the US/state. Sometimes it's not publicized enough for people to know but many are publicized eventually.