Microsoft Taiwan announces further investment plan
Microsoft Taiwan announces further investment plan
2024-11-14
Microsoft’s data center in Taiwan began operations on Thursday. Meanwhile, the company also announced its “AI + Taiwan” initiative, which the Taiwan general manager says will create 48,000 jobs in the country. At the press event, Premier Cho Jung-tai delivered remarks on the government’s plan to advance the AI industry in Taiwan.
Microsoft’s data center in Taiwan is now up and running.
Sean Pien
Microsoft Taiwan general manager
This year, we began AI services on the ground. We will soon usher in a new AI era. We’re now announcing a bigger plan, called “AI + Taiwan.”
Cho Jung-tai
Premier
The government’s plan is Taiwan-plus-AI. The global AI industry cannot do without Taiwan. The AI Taiwan Action Plan aims to inject the spirit of AI service into Taiwan.
To date, three of the world’s largest cloud service providers have planned and running data centers in Taiwan.
The first is Google. It’s now planning a second data center in Tainan, which is said to be the largest in the Asia-Pacific once completed. Microsoft has completed the construction of two data centers in Taoyuan, one in Guishan and the other in Luzhu. They’ll soon start running in stages. Amazon Web Service also plans to construct a data center in Taiwan beginning in 2025 over 15 years.
Premier Cho Jung-tai’s address also touched on Taiwan-US relations.
Cho Jung-tai
Premier
We also hope that when President Trump takes office in the future, US-Taiwan collaborations will continue to deepen, and we’re prepared. We hope Director Greene can help foster greater bilateral cooperation. Thank you again.
He also appeared to respond to AIT Director Raymond Greene’s concern over Taiwan’s electricity supply amid rising demand from the semiconductor industry.
Cho Jung-tai
Premier
Electricity supply is the foundation of data centers. The government will continue to promote our second-stage energy transition with various proposals. We hope to gain more trust and collaborative opportunities with the world.
In the afternoon, Premier Cho gave his second address of the day at the 2024 IT Month, also centered on Taiwan’s AI industry.
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微軟宣布加碼AI+Taiwan 卓揆:台灣要變成全球AI之島
2024-11-14
微軟在台資料中心週四正式啟用服務，還宣布加碼啟動「AI+Taiwan」計畫，不只將創造4.8萬個工作機會，也呼應政府的強化數位韌性。行政院長卓榮泰看到AIT處長谷立言出席，當面喊話，期待未來與川普政府能持續拓展合作，並強調政府有責任對產業穩定供電。
微軟在台資料中心落地服務，正式啟用。
[[台灣微軟總經理 卞志祥]]
“今年進入AI的落地(服務)，馬上我們將迎接AI的起飛年。我們宣布加碼的計畫，稱之為AI + Taiwan。”
[[行政院長 卓榮泰]]
“政府的計畫是台灣+ AI，AI的產業在全球來看，不能沒有台灣。台灣要plus AI，要把AI的服務精神，灌入到台灣裡面來。”
全球四大雲端服務供應商，就有三家選擇在台打造資料中心。
最早的Google，目前已經要在台南打造第二座，自詡亞太區最大資料中心。微軟則在桃園龜山、蘆竹各設一間，將分階段啟用。亞馬遜AWS也傳出可望在2025年初設資料中心，訂定15年投資計畫。
卓榮泰看到AIT處長谷立言，除了感謝拜登政府支持，也趁機再喊話。
[[行政院長 卓榮泰]]
“我們也期待，也做好準備，未來川普總統上任之後，美台之間各種的合作，會持續的加強，也希望谷處長能夠為雙方之間的合作，做更多的努力，再次謝謝。”
不只當面拜託谷立言多協助。談到電力供應，卓榮泰這番話，更似乎在回應日前谷立言擔心台灣半導體缺電。
[[行政院長 卓榮泰]]
“供電則是資料中心的基礎。政府會在能源政策上面，持續的提出各種的方式，進行我們的二次能源轉型，能夠得到世界上更多的信任跟合作。”
同一天下午，卓榮泰還出席資訊月，致詞主題同樣聚焦台灣的AI經濟。
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