TSMC's new advanced packaging plant in Taiwan gets hit by typhoon after recent delays

TSMC's new advanced packaging plant in Chiayi, Taiwan, has been hit with multiple setbacks, but another setback has just happened as the plant was damaged by a typhoon.

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Typhoon Danas is the fourth typhoon to hit Taiwan in 2025. It has impacted the western regions of the country, with two people killed and over 500 people injured from the impact of the typhoon on western Taiwan. Typhoon Danas is the first typhoon to hit Chiayi, Taiwan, in 120 years, with TSMC's new under-construction facilities in Chiayi being impacted.

The impact from the typhoon was limited to impacting scaffolding collapsing at the site, according to the Southern Science Park Administration, reports the Taiwan Economic Daily. The scaffolding that collapsed is now the second setback at TSMC's new advanced packaging site, with TED reporting that the site's contractor has increased the speed of construction to account for the delay caused by Typhoon Danas.

TSMC's second setback at its new advanced packaging plant is after the first in May 2025, where a construction worker was hit by a switchboard and died from the injuries. Taiwan's safety authorities took note of the incident, where after the investigation, it allowed the semiconductor giant to resume construction activities on the site.

TSMC CEO C.C. Wei previously said that he would personally apologise for any safety issues at the company's sites, with Wei commenting that TSMC was aware of the social responsibility and wasn't in the semiconductor business to just make money. TSMC's new advanced packaging site in Chiayi is responsible for packaging chips in a world with continuously increasing semiconductor demand being driven by AI demand.

The new Chiayi advanced packaging plant will manufacture fully packaged chips for companies like NVIDIA and more, with even TSMC's new US-based plants sending chips back to Taiwan for advanced packaging.