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C. Wei cited \"strong multiyear demand from our leading US customers\" as the driver. The new pledge stacks on top of a $100 billion commitment made last year and an earlier $65 billion plan. The company also reported a record Q2 profit of $22 billion, beating forecasts — a number that reflects just how well AI infrastructure spending has treated chipmakers.\n\nThe timing is worth noting. TSMC is headquartered in Taiwan, a geography that carries obvious geopolitical risk given tensions with China. China is simultaneously ramping its own domestic memory and wafer production, narrowing the West's manufacturing lead. Shifting more capacity to US soil hedges against both of those pressures, while also keeping Washington friendly — President Trump previously claimed credit for the first round of commitments by threatening tariffs of up to 100 percent on chips made abroad.\n\nWhether this latest $100 billion was prompted by similar conversations is unclear; TSMC framed it as a response to customer demand, which is the less politically loaded explanation. Both things can be true. 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