Ministry to assess feasibility of private AI computing centers

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/06/19/2003859374

Publish Date: 2026-06-18 23:44:00

By Shelley Shan / Staff Reporter, with CNA

The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) yesterday said it would hold a feasibility assessment meeting and a public hearing for artificial intelligence (AI) computing centers that would be built, owned and operated by the private sector after receiving applications from three companies.

Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is reported to have applied to build a supercomputing center in Kaohsiung’s Asia New Bay Area (亞洲新灣區), a source familiar with the matter said.

Institutions applying to build computing centers must be committed to investing at least NT$300 million (US$9.5 million) on top of the expenditure for land acquisition, the ministry said.

Photo: Hsu Tzu-ling, Taipei Times

To ensure the centers remain competitive internationally, the facilities must be equipped with a total computing capacity of no less than 15 petaflops based on 32-bit floating-point (FP32) performance, equivalent to more than 15 quadrillion calculations per second.

This is would also support the development of national AI projects in precision medicine, smart transportation and other fields, the ministry said.

The ministry completed the qualification reviews of the three applicants at the beginning of this month, it said.

In the feasibility assessment meeting to be held before the end of this month, experts would review the applicants and their research and development teams, their purpose for building the centers and how the facilities would benefit the government and private sectors, it said.

Next month, it is scheduled to host a public hearing on the computing…

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