Leadsun Greentech, a Taiwan-based company specializing in renewable energy, announced on May 12, 2025, that it has been selected as a green energy supplier for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). This agreement comes after the company’s notable partnership with Taiwan Mobile in 2024, the first Taiwanese firm to join the RE100 initiative. Following this latest development, Leadsun Greentech’s board has approved the signing of a renewable energy purchase agreement with TSMC.

Microsoft Corp. said it will cut 6,000 workers across the company in an effort to reduce management layers.
The planned terminations will amount to less than 3% of total headcount and occur across geographies, employee levels and include LinkedIn, a spokesperson said.

DIGITIMES visited Singapore, Malaysia, and the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) to explore how Microsoft is shaping the AI landscape in Southeast Asia. The team spoke with Jeth Lee, Microsoft’s Regional Legal Director for the Asia-Pacific, and Andrew Lau, Datacenter Launch Lead and Business Program Director for Microsoft Malaysia.

With the escalating global trade tensions and fresh US tariffs rattling the semiconductor sector, the underlying momentum in high-performance computing (HPC) and AI applications remains undeterred. Particularly, the ramp-up in 2-nanometer process production and sustained demand for advanced packaging technologies are fueling optimism among materials distributors. As a result, the traditionally slow first quarter of 2025 defied expectations, with industry players anticipating a strong second quarter as well.