TSMC affiliate Vanguard considers second Singapore chip plant

On September 28, 2026, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. affiliate Vanguard International Semiconductor inaugurated its first advanced chipmaking plant in Singapore. Built through VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a joint venture with NXP Semiconductors NV, the plant's capacity is already sold out due to surging artificial intelligence infrastructure demand. Consequently, the venture is actively considering a second, more advanced Singapore facility to meet growing global demand.

Proposed second Singapore plant

• ▪The proposed second VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant in Singapore could produce more advanced chips than the joint venture's first facility
• ▪Leuh Fang, the chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor and VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., confirmed the consideration of a second Singapore facility beyond VisionPower's first plant there to meet growing semiconductor demand in an interview

Inauguration of the first plant

• ▪Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. affiliate Vanguard International Semiconductor inaugurated its first advanced chipmaking plant in Singapore on September 28, 2026
• ▪The first Singapore chipmaking plant was built by VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors NV of the Netherlands

First plant capacity and demand

• ▪VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. designed its first Singapore facility to produce advanced chips to support data center components
• ▪The capacity of VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first Singapore plant, inaugurated on September 28, 2026, was sold out immediately upon opening due to high demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure
• ▪The first VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant in Singapore, inaugurated on September 28, 2026, was constructed in less than two years to meet rapid demand for data center components during the artificial intelligence boom

Debatable claims

• ▪Vanguard's Singapore expansion effectively diversifies the global semiconductor supply chain
• ▪The AI boom justifies the rapid expansion of semiconductor plants