With the ongoing AI surge driving capacity expansions in Taiwan’s foundry, memory, advanced packaging, and server industries, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) expects new power demand to exceed 5GW by 2030, averaging an annual increase of roughly 1GW. Overall, Taipower is projecting a significant surge in system-wide electricity consumption from 2026 to 2035, with average annual growth more than double the pace during the past decade.