100 million chips is a drop in the bucket for Apple’s needs. The iPhone maker announced in August 2025 that U.S.

Though tech companies are secretive about water usage, Arizona’s 150-plus data centers and chip factories use a tiny fraction ...

We’re buying as much of the output of this fab as we can,” David Tom, Apple’s global head of procurement, told the Wall Street Journal.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has officially broken ground on a new water plant in Arizona, aimed at conserving the precious resource as the chipmaker ...

The momentum is already visible across the Phoenix metro area, where new chip fabrication plants and data center campuses are under construction. But success brings a critical challenge: how to ...

Mike Kappes, co-founder and CSO of NEXT Semiconductor Technologies, called these investments a “fractional backup” to Taiwanese production. He said TSMC’s current capability in Taiwan is the result of ...

A recent semiconductor industry conference highlighted how Arizona has established itself as the nation's chips capital, but it now must shift focus to maintaining its leadership position. State ...

If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be ...