Taiwan’s power consumption from AI semiconductor manufacturing increased by 350% in 2024, with government utility Taipower estimating the island’s semiconductor energy demand will exceed 5 GW by 2030. As it draws the vast majority of its power from Taiwan’s highly fossil-reliant grid, the electronics manufacturing (EM) industry is therefore linked to an estimated 90 premature deaths, 19,000 work absences, 277 child asthma cases, and USD 500 million in economic losses by 2030 due to health complications from air pollution, according to a joint report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Greenpeace.
