Current Affairs - International - Discussion

Taiwan is the location of Google’s largest AI hardware engineering centre outside the United States, marking a major expansion of the company’s global technological footprint. Situated in Taipei, the centre plays a crucial role in advancing AI-focused hardware development, especially through the integration of Google’s TPU processors into high-performance server systems. The initiative also reflects the deepening strategic technology partnership between the US and Taiwan. Since 2020, the engineering team in Taiwan has tripled, demonstrating Google’s long-term commitment to strengthening cloud computing, AI workloads, and data-driven infrastructure capabilities in the region.