https://wccftech.com/tsmc-refuses-comment-on-2nm-plant-relocation-environmental-review-reveals-key-details/

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has refused to comment on rumors swirling in Taiwan, claiming that it plans to relocate its under-construction 2nm semiconductor manufacturing facility. TSMC's refusal came yesterday after reports in the Taiwanese press speculated that the company had decided to change its second 2nm facility location. According to the fab's current plans, it is set to build the first 2nm plant in Taiwan's Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, following which it will build another facility in the island's Taichung sector. The rumors had suggested that TSMC is planning to build the second facility in the Southwestern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung instead.

The rumors outlined that the fab had decided to relocate the second 2nm plant due to water constraints in the Taichung area. Taiwan has just come out of the worst drought in its history after a lack of rain in the region reduced water reservoir levels to dangerously low levels. As a result, industrial users such as TSMC were required to reduce their water consumption, but the fab managed to come out of the situation without reducing its chip output.