Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW), opens new tab, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is set to win more than $5 billion in federal grants from the U.S. government for setting up a chipmaking plant in Arizona.

The award is yet to be finalized and it is unclear whether TSMC will tap the loans and guarantees also on offer from the 2022 Chips and Science Act.

TSMC and the U.S. Commerce Department did not immediately respond for comment.

TSMC, which makes chips used in Apple's (AAPL.O), opens new tab iPhones, has said it would invest about $40 billion in its Arizona plant, among the largest foreign investments in U.S. history.

The U.S. has been vying to increase domestic semiconductor production through the U.S. CHIPS Act, which was passed in 2022 and provides $52.7 billion in funding, including $39 billion in subsidies for semiconductor production and $11 billion for R&D.

The Biden administration said last month it was awarding $1.5 billion to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries (GFS.O), opens new tab under the Act.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo had said in February, the department plans to make several funding awards within two months.

TSMC's advanced manufacturing processes are used in the production of Nvidia's (NVDA.O), opens new tab industry leading artificial intelligence chips.

The Taiwanese chipmaker had said in January that demand for advanced packaging was very strong and it couldn't offer enough capacity to support customers, which will continue to next year. Lagging capacity for advanced packaging has been a central bottleneck for the scaling up supply of complex AI chips.

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