TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's biggest contract chipmaker, is building a plant capable of treating industrial water so it can be reused to make semiconductors -- part of efforts to tackle Taiwan's crippling water shortage.
Water shortages are forcing semiconductor sector to take action
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Leading contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been using water trucks like these to help it weather a severe drought. © AFP/Jiji
CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers