Why Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Was Climbing Today
Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) were one of several artificial intelligence (AI) stocks moving higher today, a broad response to President Trump's announcement of the new Stargate AI infrastructure project yesterday afternoon. As of 12:27 p.m. ET, TSMC stock was up 2.9%. Yesterday, President Trump announced a new AI infrastructure project called Stargate, bringing together the leaders of Oracle, OpenAI, and Softbank, the Japanese tech mega-investor run by Masayoshi Son, in a joint venture to invest at least $100 billion in new infrastructure to power AI.