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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Visits TSMC Arizona Fabrication Facility for Third Fab Ground Breaking
May 2, 2025 | U.S. Department of CommerceEstimated reading time: 2 minutes

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick visited the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) semiconductor fabrication facility in Phoenix, Arizona where the company broke ground on a third fab facility.
The visit highlights the Trump Administration’s renewed commitment to strengthening and expanding the golden age of American manufacturing. In the first 100 days, we at the Department of Commerce worked with industry leaders across the world to accelerate investment in the production of American-made goods ranging from aluminum to semiconductors.
Through the Investment Accelerator Program, Americans are already witnessing massive progress. TSMC Arizona’s third fab facility is one example of this. Their expansion will create cutting-edge chips that advance American artificial intelligence, data centers, and smartphones.
TSMC’s additional $100 billion investment is also expected to create 40,000 construction jobs over the next four years, tens of thousands of high-paying, high-tech jobs, and drive over $200 billion in indirect output across Arizona in the coming decade.
This demonstrates the growing importance of U.S.-based manufacturing and the critical role of public-private partnerships in solidifying America’s role as technological leader. Commerce will continue working at a historic pace to fulfill President Trump’s agenda and deliver on his promises.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick emphasized the importance of TSMC’s investments, “We are at TSMC Arizona to celebrate the return of American manufacturing. President Trump’s bold leadership and clear direction are driving companies and jobs back to this country at a record pace.”
TSMC Chairman and CEO Dr. C.C. Wei, “We were delighted to welcome U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to TSMC Arizona, the largest single foreign direct investment in U.S. history, and showcase the progress of our operation as he commemorates the first 100 days of the White House administration. As part of our commitment to support the needs of America's leading innovators in smartphones, HPC and AI, we recently broke ground on our third fab, which will introduce more advanced semiconductor capacity to the United States. We are grateful for the Secretary’s commitment to supporting the advanced semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem."
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO also expressed support, “We're proud to support the high-skilled American jobs of tomorrow. As TSMC Arizona’s first and largest customer, we’re excited for the future of American innovation and the incredible opportunities it will create.”
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, "AI is revolutionizing every aspect of the technology stack, and NVIDIA AI supercomputers are at the foundation. We’re proud to produce our technology in Arizona, bringing AI infrastructure manufacturing back to America. The administration’s support for U.S. manufacturing makes this possible—and vital—for the next industrial revolution.”
Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), "High-performance chips are essential to U.S. innovation and economic growth. As one of the first and largest HPC customers for TSMC’s Arizona Fab, we’re proud to begin production of our leadership 5th Gen AMD EPYC server processors later this year. This collaboration reflects our deep commitment to strengthening U.S. leadership in semiconductor design and advanced manufacturing."
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