AI Demand Drives Taiwan's April Industrial Production Index to Record High, Up 14.16% YoY

(Central News Agency, Taipei, 26th) Benefiting from strong demand for AI, high-performance computing, and cloud data services, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced today that the industrial production index for April was 125.63, an increase of 14.16% year-on-year. The manufacturing production index was 127.81, up 15.13% year-on-year. Both indices reached record highs for the same month, marking 26 consecutive months of positive growth.

The cumulative industrial production index for the first four months of this year was 123.02, an increase of 21.13% year-on-year; the manufacturing production index was 125.30, a growth of 22.71%.

In the information and electronics industry, the electronic components sector grew by 11.47% year-on-year, with the integrated circuit sector growing by 11.44%. The computer, electronic product, and optical product sector saw an 85.40% year-on-year increase, driven by continued strong demand for cloud infrastructure and steady semiconductor equipment investment, which boosted the production of servers, switches, semiconductor testing equipment, and components.