{
  "id": "E18",
  "lang": "en",
  "question": "Which Taiwanese suppliers have publicly announced work on Microsoft Maia AI infrastructure?",
  "answer": "Microsoft names TSMC’s 3nm process for Maia 200 and its N2P process for Maia 300 compute chiplets, confirming Taiwanese foundry relationships.[Maia 200](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/)[Maia 300](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/12/microsoft-to-expand-azure-maia-system-to-multi-gigawatt-deployments/)\nThe same release describes a second-generation closed-loop liquid-cooling Heat Exchanger Unit, without naming its Taiwanese contractor.[Source](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/)\nThese two releases do not identify Taiwanese server assemblers or cooling suppliers, and customer-issued disclosures are not themselves supplier-issued Maia announcements.[Source](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/)[Source](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/12/microsoft-to-expand-azure-maia-system-to-multi-gigawatt-deployments/)",
  "facts": [
    {
      "claim": "Named Taiwanese foundry",
      "value": "TSMC, 3nm process for Maia 200",
      "as_of": "2026-01-26",
      "source": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/",
      "quote": "TSMC’s 3nm process"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Maia 300 compute chiplet process",
      "value": "TSMC N2P",
      "as_of": "2026-10-12",
      "source": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/12/microsoft-to-expand-azure-maia-system-to-multi-gigawatt-deployments/",
      "quote": "TSMC’s N2P process node"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Cooling system disclosed",
      "value": "Second-generation closed-loop liquid-cooling Heat Exchanger Unit",
      "as_of": "2026-01-26",
      "source": "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/",
      "quote": "liquid cooling Heat Exchanger Unit"
    }
  ],
  "not_disclosed": [
    "No supplier-issued Maia announcement by a Taiwanese server assembler or cooling contractor was verified in this review.",
    "The reviewed January and October 2026 Microsoft releases name the foundry but not Taiwanese server or cooling contractors or their purchase volumes."
  ],
  "related_companies": [
    {
      "name": "Microsoft / 微軟",
      "ticker": "NASDAQ:MSFT"
    },
    {
      "name": "TSMC / 台積電",
      "ticker": "TWSE:2330"
    }
  ],
  "verified_at": "2026-10-22T08:45:49.322696+00:00"
}