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The Projection

The surface is never the system.

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TSMC → unnamed vendor(s) — land, shell & materials (foundry construction (fab capex))

$29.4B — Board-approved capital appropriations of roughly $29.4B for advanced-node capacity and packaging, cited to AI/HPC demand; approved alongside a Sony image-sensor joint venture and a Q2 dividend in the same board action (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

high confidence · as of 2026-08-11 ·

$29.4B — Board-approved capital appropriations of roughly $29.4B for advanced-node capacity and packaging, cited to AI/HPC demand; approved alongside a Sony image-sensor joint venture and a Q2 dividend in the same board action (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

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$29.4B — Board-approved capital appropriations of roughly $29.4B for advanced-node capacity and packaging, cited to AI/HPC demand; approved alongside a Sony image-sensor joint venture and a Q2 dividend in the same board action (paid to unnamed vendors/contractors — this source doesn't disclose who specifically got the money)

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