Key Question
What is Taipei Times and why does Lowdown cite it here?
Timeline for Taipei Times
#16 14 Sept
Mentioned in: ESMC reports Dresden fab on schedule
European Tech Sovereignty#18 27 Aug
Mentioned in: Taiwan votes down NT$210bn drone budget
Drones: Industry & Defence#13 4 Aug
Taiwan votes to make big users generate
Data Centres: Boom and BacklashBackground
Taipei Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Taiwan by the Liberty Times Group. For Lowdown, it serves as a secondary source on Taiwanese policy and industry rather than as an actor in the events it reports.
Its reporting has supplied accounts of Taiwan’s proposed electricity self-generation duty on 5 August, a legislative dispute over drone funding on 27 August, and ESMC’s Dresden construction update on 14 September .
The paper is useful where English-language reporting gives readers access to Taiwanese political and industrial developments. Its reports remain attributed evidence, particularly where a claim rests on an organisation’s account of its own project.
Common Questions
What is Taipei Times?
An English-language daily newspaper published in Taiwan by the Liberty Times Group.
What did Taipei Times report about Taiwan's new power rule?
That the Legislative Yuan's Economics Committee gave preliminary approval on 5 August 2026 to an Energy Administration Act amendment requiring large power users, including data centres, to install their own generation or storage.Source: Taipei Times
Does Taiwan's new law set a specific MW threshold for data centres?
No, the amendment leaves the megawatt threshold and self-generation percentage to later implementing regulation.Source: Taipei Times
