{"id":2046325,"date":"2026-07-16T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046325"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:24:04","slug":"tsmc-posts-record-profit-and-pledges-100bn-to-expand-us-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046325","title":{"rendered":"TSMC posts record profit and pledges $100bn to expand US manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/84\/00\/88\/1200x675_cmsv2_752c4aa2-2da0-52d1-8985-42975d8d0a09-9840088.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2910280-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910280\" data-cid=\"9840154\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910280-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/84\/01\/54\/189x106_cmsv2_740dd58a-e1db-5d71-bcd0-ab18fbc1f2da-9840154.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A woman cools herself off with an ice pack during a heat wave in Banda, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, June 21, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Climate<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    What it&#8217;s really like living in one of the world&#8217;s hottest towns\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910318-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910318\" data-cid=\"9840338\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910318-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/84\/03\/38\/189x106_cmsv2_0635333d-8032-5888-9132-92977c757815-9840338.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jared Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump, the US President&apos;s daughter. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Exclusive: What Kushner told EU ministers about the US plan for Gaza\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910285-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910285\" data-cid=\"9840387\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910285-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/84\/01\/84\/189x106_cmsv2_0adb325f-d440-5137-b2d1-9e01dfec1e62-9840184.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Messi giving Yamal a footballing lesson\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Sport<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    When Messi met Yamal: The master and apprentice story of the World Cup\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910050-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910050\" data-cid=\"9838928\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910050-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/28\/189x106_cmsv2_d89047fc-3ed3-5c1d-b36f-6e40d7a909ff-9838928.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"File - 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A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC) headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Oct. 2021\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE. A person walks into the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC) headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Oct. 2021<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Chiang Ying-ying<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Chiang Ying-ying\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspQuirino Mealha\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1784204644\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-16 14:24:04 +02:00\">16\/07\/2026 &#8211; 14:24 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taiwan-based TSMC reported earnings of $4.31 per share for the April-June quarter, beating analysts&#8217; expectations. <\/p>\n<p>Revenue came in at $40.2 billion (\u20ac36.8bn), above analysts&#8217; estimates of $39.63 billion (\u20ac34.6bn).<\/p>\n<p>In local currency, net profit reached a record NT$706.6bn (\u20ac19.1bn), up 77% from a year earlier, while revenue climbed 36% to NT$1.27 trillion (\u20ac36.8bn), as appetite for the advanced chips TSMC makes for customers such as Nvidia and Apple showed no sign of cooling.<\/p>\n<p>Given that it manufactures semiconductors for almost every major chip designer, the Hsinchu-based firm&#8217;s results are closely read as a gauge of the wider sector and of broader AI demand itself, just as investors fret over a possible bubble.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Che-Chia Wei described global AI-related demand as &#8220;extremely robust&#8221; and said he expected it to remain very strong until around 2029 or 2030. On that basis, TSMC now forecasts 2026 revenue growth of slightly above 40% year on year, up from its previous guidance of more than 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s figures confirmed what monthly sales data had already suggested. <\/p>\n<p>As reported on Monday, June revenue jumped 67.9% year on year, and first-half sales rose 35.6% from the same period in 2025, slightly ahead of analysts&#8217; consensus forecasts for the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC shares rose about 1% after the earnings release but later pared those gains as a sell-off in AI-related shares weighed on benchmarks across Asia during Thursday&#8217;s session.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">SK hynix: From near-collapse to a $1 trillion valuation and a Nasdaq listing<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">TSMC&#8217;s June sales drive revenue surge of 68% ahead of earnings report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Expanding US manufacturing<\/h2>\n<p>Alongside the results, TSMC said it would spend an additional $100 billion (\u20ac87.4bn) to expand its manufacturing capacity in the US, on top of the $165 billion (\u20ac144bn) already committed to building six fabrication plants in Arizona. <\/p>\n<p>The move would bring the company&#8217;s total US investment pledges to around $265 billion (\u20ac231bn).<\/p>\n<p>The fresh funds are expected to fund four further Arizona plants dedicated to the most advanced chips, those of 2 nanometres and below, and are intended to &#8220;support the strong multi-year demand&#8221; from the company&#8217;s leading American customers, CEO Che-Chia Wei said during the firm&#8217;s earnings conference.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC also said it would spend more this year than previously planned, increasing its capital expenditure budget to between $60 billion (\u20ac52.4bn) and $64 billion (\u20ac55.9bn), up from an earlier range of $52 billion (\u20ac45.4bn) to $56 billion (\u20ac48.9bn). <\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows a trade agreement struck earlier this year between the Trump administration and Taiwan, under which Taiwanese companies committed to invest at least $250 billion (\u20ac218bn) in the US technology sector inreturn for lower tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__container\">\n<article id=\"abe-2910094-pos0-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910094\" data-cid=\"9839169\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910094-label-pos0-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/91\/69\/480x270_cmsv2_b0095374-6fd7-53f4-9ed9-6a4967966657-9839169.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - The sun sets behind high tension power lines on 23. 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