The Trump storm has provoked Nvidia into a $500 billion commitment to space at fabrication plants in Arizona and Texas being set up by Taiwan’s trio of TSMC, Foxconn, and Wistron. TSMC, by far the biggest and most important player, itself announced earlier this month that it would expand its investment in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the US by $100 billion. This is on top of the company’s original $65 billion investment dating back to the end of the first Trump presidency in 2020, funding the company’s current fab in Arizona – employing over 3,000 people on 1,100 acres of land. That site began volume production just a few months ago in late 2024. With this latest investment, TSMC plans…