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TSMC and Micron now face 'red alert' for GPU, CPU, and memory production as water crisis worsens

Yesterday the Taiwan government issued its first water supply red alert in six years, in order to counteract the seriously dwindling reserves of the countries central reservoirs. Many areas of the country have been forced to ration water extensively, including areas that house large wafer manufacturing operations for both Micron Technology Inc., and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

With the country's water supply levels running dangerously low, non-industrial users across Taichung and Miaoli County will only have access to water for five days each week, from April 6. Both TSMC and Micron operate out of the affected areas and depend on a stable water supply for several steps in the wafer manufacturing process. TSMC's Hsinchu headquarters have not been subject to further restrictions so far though.

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