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'Taipei Is Home': Nvidia Seals The Deal On Massive New Taiwan Headquarters

Daniel Nenni

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Taiwan is reinforcing its role as a global AI and semiconductor hub as Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) moves forward with plans for a major new headquarters in Taipei.

Taipei Signs Deal For Nvidia's Taiwan Headquarters
Taipei City Government confirmed that it has officially signed an agreement with Nvidia to build the company's Taiwan headquarters in the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an told Taipei Times on Thursday, "Taipei is Nvidia's home," as he presented the signed contract.

The city expects construction to begin in June or July.

The deal grants Nvidia a 50-year lease on the land, with an option to extend for up to 20 more years.

Chiang said the agreement includes royalties totaling 12.2 billion New Taiwanese dollars, which also covers 1.2 billion New Taiwanese dollars that Nvidia will absorb as part of a settlement after the city ended its prior contract with Shin Kong Life Insurance Co.

Nvidia's plan projects the headquarters will cost more than 40 billion New Taiwanese dollars (~$1.3 billion) to build and generate over 10,000 jobs once operational.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs said Nvidia will use the Taipei site as a commercial office while also acquiring land to develop a broader business park.

The approval came just ahead of reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expected to visit Taiwan for key events, potentially including talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei.

AI Boom Strengthens Nvidia–TSMC Supply Chain Ties
Nvidia has recently surpassed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as Taiwan Semiconductor's largest customer as the AI boom reshapes chip industry priorities.

Analysts noted that Nvidia needs to expand its local R&D team to work closely with Taiwan Semiconductor and manage the increasingly complex AI server supply chain across Asia.

At the same time, Taiwan Semiconductor is pushing to diversify beyond Taiwan by moving closer to major customers like Nvidia and Apple while lowering geopolitical risks tied to its heavy domestic concentration.

The company is anchoring its U.S. expansion in Arizona, where it plans to invest tens of billions of dollars into multiple fabs and a large "gigafab" cluster.

Taiwan Semiconductor has already purchased additional land, sped up construction timelines, and advanced permits for future facilities as AI-driven demand and tariff pressures intensify.

 
Daniel Nenni said:
The Silicon Shield gets stronger everyday!
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Hopefully things stay calm, but it's risky. What if Xi invades, or his generals believe taking Taiwan will be easy? Xi has removed many experienced generals from the military – those who actually fought in wars. He keeps purging the military, replacing older leaders with younger ones who've never seen battle. The fear is that these young generals might be too eager to impress Xi and start a war. Getting rid of experienced leaders often leads to bad outcomes.

I don't like that Xi keeps purging older leadership. That would be like C.C. Wei purging the entire older generation of leaders at TSMC and replacing them with younger ones who are totally loyal to him. his loyal younger leaders aren't battle tested. Is that really a good thing?

www.bbc.com

Xi Jinping: Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purge

Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
 
soAsian said:
Hopefully things stay calm, but it's risky. What if Xi invades, or his generals believe taking Taiwan will be easy? Xi has removed many experienced generals from the military – those who actually fought in wars. He keeps purging the military, replacing older leaders with younger ones who've never seen battle. The fear is that these young generals might be too eager to impress Xi and start a war. Getting rid of experienced leaders often leads to bad outcomes.

I don't like that Xi keeps purging older leadership. That would be like C.C. Wei purging the entire older generation of leaders at TSMC and replacing them with younger ones who are totally loyal to him. his loyal younger leaders aren't battle tested. Is that really a good thing?

www.bbc.com

Xi Jinping: Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purge

Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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Interesting. In my opinion the more time that passes the less likely it will happen. I do feel that the younger generations of Chinese people are more against war than the older generations. I feel the same around the world. The younger generations are more peaceful. If we could just get leaders that feel the same. Just my opinion of course.
 
soAsian said:
Hopefully things stay calm, but it's risky. What if Xi invades, or his generals believe taking Taiwan will be easy? Xi has removed many experienced generals from the military – those who actually fought in wars. He keeps purging the military, replacing older leaders with younger ones who've never seen battle. The fear is that these young generals might be too eager to impress Xi and start a war. Getting rid of experienced leaders often leads to bad outcomes.

I don't like that Xi keeps purging older leadership. That would be like C.C. Wei purging the entire older generation of leaders at TSMC and replacing them with younger ones who are totally loyal to him. his loyal younger leaders aren't battle tested. Is that really a good thing?

www.bbc.com

Xi Jinping: Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purge

Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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The effect of the fifth straight crisis is largely for Taiwan's pile of plutonium to decide.

Similar to Ukraine, I think Putin will continue to attack until stopped, and the only way to enact the "stop" is Ukraine's 7 tons of plutonium and kilograms of tritium resting in its spent reactor fuel.
 
Daniel Nenni said:
Interesting. In my opinion the more time that passes the less likely it will happen. I do feel that the younger generations of Chinese people are more against war than the older generations. I feel the same around the world. The younger generations are more peaceful. If we could just get leaders that feel the same. Just my opinion of course.
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The benifits of global connectivity.

The youth can communicate without the input of the fearmongering older folks.

Should be time for the older folk to step aside and let the youth get on with it.

Sadly too many got too much invested and need to try and keep the world on a knife edge and telling people who they should hate.
 
soAsian said:
Hopefully things stay calm, but it's risky. What if Xi invades, or his generals believe taking Taiwan will be easy? Xi has removed many experienced generals from the military – those who actually fought in wars. He keeps purging the military, replacing older leaders with younger ones who've never seen battle. The fear is that these young generals might be too eager to impress Xi and start a war. Getting rid of experienced leaders often leads to bad outcomes.

I don't like that Xi keeps purging older leadership. That would be like C.C. Wei purging the entire older generation of leaders at TSMC and replacing them with younger ones who are totally loyal to him. his loyal younger leaders aren't battle tested. Is that really a good thing?

www.bbc.com

Xi Jinping: Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purge

Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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are you somehow compare Xi to CC Wei :)
 
soAsian said:
I don't like that Xi keeps purging older leadership. That would be like C.C. Wei purging the entire older generation of leaders at TSMC and replacing them with younger ones who are totally loyal to him. his loyal younger leaders aren't battle tested. Is that really a good thing?
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It's a double edged sword -- for Taiwan, it may be better to have a 20% chance of facing an enemy with completely inexperienced and incompetent (i.e. not a meritocracy) commanders, than a 5% chance of facing the same enemy with competent military leadership :).
 
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