Taiwan has approved a plan to create its own "Silicon Valley," connecting four major tech parks in the south to drive advancements in AI. At the opening ceremony, President Lai Ching-te said that developing and harnessing AI technology is key to strengthening Taiwan.
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00:00Taiwan is hailing a major milestone for its tech sector.
00:04The government has officially launched a plan to link four major tech parks in the south
00:10and integrate efforts pushing new AI technologies.
00:14Given the shape, it's been called the S-corridor, connecting tech parks in Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung
00:20and Pingtung.
00:24At the opening ceremony, President Lai Ching-teh said the corridor would help Taiwan move beyond
00:29just manufacturing most of the world's advanced chips.
00:33We can't just sell equipment.
00:37We need to be able to sell, sell software, sell systems.
00:43In addition to selling, we also need to be able to use it ourselves.
00:48We need to establish a culture of using AI technology in Taiwan.
00:52Only then will Taiwan be strong.
00:55The big question, though, is how Taiwan will find the resources, in particular water, for
01:00this new Silicon Valley.
01:03One tech park in Kaohsiung alone consumes about 60,000 tons of water on average each
01:09day.
01:10To meet the S-corridor's needs, Taiwan's tech ministry has laid out plans to connect reservoirs
01:15in the south, a drought-prone region.
01:18The Water Resources Agency told Taiwan Plus that there's a surplus of about 400,000 tons
01:25of water a day in the region from various sources that's available for the project.
01:32This remapping of the country's resources reflects the project's scale and Taiwan's
01:37drive to lead in the global AI race.
01:40Fu Hua-hong, Yixin Pan, and Joyce Sun for Taiwan Plus.