TSMC’s power footprint is large enough to matter at grid scale. The company reports renewable and non-renewable indirect energy, allowing a clear purchased-electricity total. Comparing it with Taiwan’s national electricity consumption gives the denominator that company environmental, social and governance (ESG) figures often lack. The result is a high-impact AI-and-grid benchmark with transparent mixed-source calculation.
Source 1: 2024 Sustainability Report: ESG Performance Summary
Publisher: TSMC
Dataset/table: ESG Performance Summary appendix
Units: GWh; million metric tons; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports TSMC 2024 energy consumption, electricity sourcing, water withdrawal and recycling indicators.
Note: Supports TSMC 2024 energy consumption, electricity sourcing, water withdrawal and recycling indicators.
Source 2: 2024 Energy Statistics Handbook: Electricity Consumption
Publisher: Energy Administration, MOEA
Dataset/table: 3-03 Electricity consumption, 2024
Units: GWh
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports Taiwan 2024 electricity consumption of 283,845.7 GWh.
Note: Supports Taiwan 2024 electricity consumption of 283,845.7 GWh.
Company electricity and national electricity are from different source families; both are 2024 gigawatt-hour (GWh) figures. One terawatt-hour equals 1,000 GWh.
Adds TSMC 2024 indirect non-renewable and renewable energy consumption, then divides by Taiwan 2024 electricity consumption.
Company ESG and national electricity are official/primary but mixed-source; ratio is derived.
Taiwan electronic-parts export surplus
Electronic-parts exports reached US$222.9B versus US$143.7B of imports in 2025.
Taiwan server exports versus notebook exports
Server systems were 25.9% of cited U.S.-bound exposure; notebooks were 1.2%.
TSMC Income Tax Expense Versus Taiwan Tax Revenue, 2025
TSMC’s NT$326.3B tax expense was 28.4% of profit-seeking enterprise income tax.
