Taiwan is recovering from an islandwide blackout that affected more than five million households. Authorities have blamed the outage on a malfunction at a power plant in Kaohsiung. Affected areas included the capital Taipei, as well as Hsinchu, where the world’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC is based. But, officials said operations for companies, including TSMC in Hsinchu Science Park, were not affected. The government has apologised and promised to investigate.
Taiwan on Thursday blamed negligence during annual maintenance at a major power plant for a mass outage across the island that caused the lights to go off for more than 5 million households, though the crucial semiconductor sector was largely unaffected.
The power cut began shortly after 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) after a problem at the Hsinta power plant and while it impacted all parts of Taiwan the most extensive problems were in the south, especially the major port city of Kaohsiung.
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