The US-based Super Micro Computer Inc and Taiwan’s Guo Rui on Wednesday announced a joint venture to build a computation center powered only by renewable energy.
After meeting with Supermicro founder Charles Liang (梁見後) and Guo Rui chairman Lin Po-wen (林博文), Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) instructed a cross-ministry panel to be established to help promote the government’s green energy policies and facilitate efforts to obtain land for the generation of green power, Executive Yuan spokesperson Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said.
Cho thanked Liang for his company’s support of the government’s 2019 Action Plan for Welcoming Overseas Taiwanese Businesses to Return to Invest in Taiwan, and Supermicro’s willingness to work with Taiwanese companies and increase their international clout.
Photo: Fang Wei-chieh, Taipei Times
While the premier did not openly instruct the ministries to facilitate the companies’ joint venture, he asked Executive Yuan Secretary-General Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs to head a cross-ministerial task force to increase Taiwan’s attraction for international investment in renewable energy and artificial intelligence (AI), Lee said.
An Executive Yuan source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the government should facilitate foreign investors’ increased investment in Taiwan, as such investments go hand-in-hand with government policies to grow AI and renewable energies.
While the economic ministry is not leading the task force, it would be the primary facilitator for cross-ministry efforts, the source said, adding that Kung has been included, as he had worked with Liang before.
Separately, Nvidia Corp also stated its intent to establish a secondary headquarters in Taiwan that would be equal in size to its Silicon Valley headquarters.
At the agency’s end-of-year news conference on Wednesday, National Development Council Minister Paul Liu (劉鏡清) said that foreign investors were willing to establish offices and centers in Taiwan because of the nation’s significant talent pool and relevant infrastructure, including the availability of water, power and Internet services, as well as the proximity to their supply chains.
Taiwan’s information technology and semiconductor industries are well-developed and could significantly influence global AI development, Liu said.
If such trends continue, Taiwan could form a new international hub for AI, he said.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said that the Taipei City Government would be in close contact with Nvidia representatives and would endeavor to persuade Nvidia to establish its overseas headquarters in Taipei.
Meanwhile, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said the New Taipei City Government has prepared a portfolio of possible sites and preferential measures that the municipality is willing to offer.
Hou and Chiang made the comments on Tuesday before a meeting of next year’s World Masters Games organization committee.
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