U.S. tech giant Nvidia is looking for renewable sources of energy to power a planned supercomputer center in Taiwan. It comes as the country faces questions over its ability to provide stable, sufficient power to support new foreign investment.
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00:00U.S. tech giant NVIDIA is seeking sources of green energy for its planned supercomputer center
00:06in Taiwan. A local company says NVIDIA approached it to purchase power from its solar farm,
00:12but the company says Taiwan's total renewable energy production is not enough to power the
00:17facility. Taiwan is facing questions about its ability to provide stable, sufficient power
00:23to support new foreign investment, aims to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels,
00:28and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. But frequent power outages and slow
00:33progress on increasing renewables have cast doubt on those goals.