MODA to boost high-performance computing for AIBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe government is to purchase 100 more graphics processing units (GPUs) to boost Taiwan’s high-performance computing power that is essential to the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) said yesterday. Photo: CNAMinister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-jing (林宜敬) said that the government was unable to boost the computing power last year because of a comprehensive budget cut. “Computing power is crucial to the development of the AI industry in Taiwan. Ministry of Economic Affairs data showed that Taiwan has sufficient electricity to build computing power centers, he said. Meta, which owns Facebook, has used 300,000 scam messages to train its AI system to flag scams,” Lin Yi-jing said.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 17:15 UTC