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Chief Telecom starts NT$3.3 billion AI data center in Taiwan

DigiTimes Early signal Published 20th October 2026 Asia, Global

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Chief Telecom broke ground on a new AI data center at the Central Taiwan Science Park on the 20th, committing approximately NT$3.3 billion (US$101.7 million) to a facility expected to begin operations in the second half of 2028. The project is intended to extend the company's data center growth, as its Lianyun AI Intelligent Data Center is projected to reach full capacity in 2027.

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DigiTimes · Trade Publication
Published
20th October 2026
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digitimes.com

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Category
Technology & Procurement Innovation
Geography
Asia, Global
Organisations
None identified
Collected
20th October 2026 · 10:18

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 1 · Very Low

Initial Significance Moderate (33.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Very Low (14.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (8.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity