"To invest 1.2 trillion won in the AI industry every year for 3 years..."Cooperation with Trump"

Taiwan will invest 30 billion Taiwanese dollars and about 1.2 trillion won in our money every year over the next three years in the artificial intelligence industry.

According to local media such as Yonhap News Agency and Free Times, Wu Cheong-won, head of Taiwan's National Science and Technology Commission (NSTC), said in an interview with Japanese media on the 20th.Chairman

explained that the budget will be used to work on AI data centers and other upgrades, as well as to strengthen cooperation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

It added that it plans to significantly improve Taiwan's computing power by strengthening the construction of AI data center infrastructure facilities during President Leichtinger's term.

The Taiwanese government's goal is to increase the high-performance computing resources required for AI development from 120 PF (Petaflops) to 480 PF this year over the next four years.

Flops are units that can perform one additional operation per second, and Petaflops are units that computers can perform 1,000 trillion operations per second.Chief Commissioner

introduced that the Lai government is working to diversify Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing-oriented economy into industries such as AI, drones, medical health, and energy.

Regarding the second Trump administration, which will be launched in January next year, he said Taiwan and the United States' goals are in line with each other in many aspects and expressed his position that future cooperation is "naturally expected."

Earlier in June, President Lai also said in a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of Asia's largest IT fair, "Computex," adding, "Everyone in the science and technology world has worked hard for decades to make Taiwan the centerpiece of the AI revolution," adding, "We will make Taiwan an 'AI smart island."