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.

Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co for the project, which is aimed at bringing back high-end tech manufacturing to the U.S. and to create a version of China's vast manufacturing hub of Shenzhen,

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is pushing the idea of a vast $1tn artificial intelligence and robotics complex in the US state of Arizona that could include the establishment of a free-trade zone and the involvement of the world’s biggest chipmaker,