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Let me talk to you today: As the world's number one chip foundry giant, TSMC consumes every year and how much electricity does it cost every year? Does producing chips consume power?
Modern technology can develop so quickly because we have discovered a brand new clean energy electricity. Now our lives are most inseparable from electricity, and industrial development is even more so. Now we often use the total electricity consumption of a region as the criterion for judging whether an economic development is advanced or not. The power consumption of a factory can also be directly seen from the electricity consumption of a factory. The development of a country is directly linked to its power generation capacity. The more advanced the power generation technology level, the more developed the country's technology is, it means that the country's technology is also more developed. It can be said that electricity is a decisive factor of modern technology and the most basic support point.
has now gradually entered the 5G era. Perhaps 5G technology is not perfect enough, which has also led to an abnormal power consumption of 5G base stations. Many operators have to use indirect dormant to save power. Even the three major operators cannot afford this electricity bill. It is conceivable how much power consumption is. According to relevant data, a 5G base station is equivalent to three 4G base stations, and the annual power consumption exceeds 3.8KW, and it consumes about 30,000 yuan per year. We may not feel it alone. China has built 400,000 5G base stations, and this number is still increasing. It is terrifying to convert this electricity bill.
Take Shenzhen Longgang District as an example. The total number of 5G base stations has reached 10,300. In other words, the electricity bill expenditure in just one year is nearly 300 million. It is reported that China expects that the total number of 5G base stations to be built is about 5-6 million, and this part of the electricity bill will also be borne by the operator. It is estimated that the total electricity bill expenditure will reach about 18 billion.
Although the electricity bill expenditure is a terrifying number, if you think from the perspective of the situation, the more electricity a region consumes, the more developed their economy is, and it will be able to support the entire huge industrial chain. So, as the world's largest foundry giant, how much electricity does TSMC consume annually?
According to TSMC's public data in 2019, their annual electricity consumption is 14.331 billion kWh, and as the process technology improves, the electricity consumption will also increase accordingly. It is expected that the 3nm production line that will be launched in the future will consume more than 7 billion kWh. So how much does TSMC spend on electricity bills in a year?
It is reported that the past five years have been a period of TSMC's production line booming, and its power consumption has also increased by a geometric multiple. The total power consumption of TSMC's entire foundry factories combined exceeded 14.33 billion kWh, while the total power generation in Taiwan in 2019 was only 14 billion kWh, which is not enough to provide TSMC for use. Compared with five years ago, the total power consumption increased by 5.412 billion kWh, with an average annual growth rate of 12.5%.
only has a 5nm production line, and the electricity consumption after the start of construction exceeds the total electricity consumption of Taiwan's 560,000 population. The total electricity consumption of the 3nm production line is several times that of 5nm, and is expected to reach 7 billion kWh per year.
with such a huge power consumption, how much does it cost to spend on electricity bills in a year?
Taiwan's electricity prices are roughly divided into two types: business type and non-business type. There are also differences between summer and non-summer, and TSMC is naturally the highest standard electricity bill. It stipulates that it exceeds 1,501 degrees, and the average price is about NT$6. TSMC has a branch in Nanjing, and TSMC's electricity consumption is basically equivalent to the highest standard, about 1.6 yuan per kilowatt-hour.
If calculated based on the electricity bill in Taiwan, the total electricity consumption is 14.33 billion kWh, if it is converted into about 20.2 billion yuan at the price of Taiwan, if calculated based on the electricity bill in Nanjing, it is equivalent to about 23 billion yuan, which means that the annual photoelectric bill exceeds 20 billion yuan. If the 3nm production line starts construction, the total amount is expected to exceed 30 billion yuan.
It is conceivable that there is a reason why TSMC can make so much money, and the United States has always wanted TSMC to start production and construction in the United States. Is there really a way for the United States to provide so much power to TSMC? China's Three Gorges Dam has a total power generation of 100 billion kWh in a year, which can be said to be enough for China to put into production of power pipes.
