SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is pursuing “Project Crystal Land,” a plan to build a trillion-dollar AI and robotics manufacturing hub in Arizona. The project seeks collaboration with TSMC and other tech giants to accelerate AI development and high-tech reshoring in the US.

Masayoshi Son is planning a $1 trillion AI and robotics industrial hub in Arizona, called Project Crystal Land, and is seeking support from TSMC, Samsung, and the U.S. government.

Softbank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) to realize what could be his biggest bet yet — a trillion-dollar industrial complex in Arizona to build artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots.