TSMC wants to bring in foreign reinforcements to get its Arizona factory running because it claims there aren't enough qualified local workers.

TSMC says the opening of its Arizona chip factory has been delayed due to a shortage of skilled workers. The company says it needs to bring Taiwanese workers to Arizona to get construction back on track. An Arizona union says US jobs are being threatened — and is urging lawmakers to deny the workers’ visas.

  • Jordan Lund
    3•11 months ago

    The US easily has the skills to build a factory like this… OPERATING IT once it’s built? That’s a different deal…

      • Jordan Lund
        1•11 months ago

        There aren’t enough Americans qualified to work in a new chip manufacturing plant.

      • Jordan Lund
        3•11 months ago

        As others have said, we have plenty of workers here who can and will do the job, the issue is they don’t want to hire union employees who will do the work to current building codes. :)

        • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
          1•11 months ago

          “We are now entering a critical phase of handling and installing the most advanced and dedicated equipment,” said TSMC chairman Mark Liu. “However, we are encountering certain challenges as there is an insufficient amount of skilled workers with those specialized expertise required for equipment installation in a semiconductor-grade facility.”

          • Jordan Lund
            2•11 months ago

            Funny how Intel isn’t running into that with their big investments in Arizona and New Mexico, but it looks like they are hitting a more generalized worker shortage with their $20B plant in Ohio.

            Maybe that’s the problem, Intel is snapping them all up? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ They’re definitely here. We have a couple big campuses in our back yard…