Could Taiwan’s Energy Crisis Derail the AI Boom?

Taiwan’s energy sector is in trouble. And that means that the global tech sector could soon be in trouble too. The island nation is home to just 0.3 percent of the world’s population, but hosts about 18 percent global semiconductor manufacturing capacity and a whopping 92 percent of the world’s most advanced computer chip manufacturing capacity, according to figures from the United States International Trade Commission. These figures come from a recent report on the nation’s high degree of vulnerability to any…