Chongqing power cuts for 11 days! Dozens of semiconductor companies were hit

Aug 19, 2022

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Core Tip: On the evening of August 16, the Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission and the State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company jointly issued the "Emergency Notice on Expanding the Implementation Scope of Industrial Enterprises Allowing Electricity to the People".

On the evening of August 16, the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and the State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company jointly issued the "Urgent Notice on Expanding the Scope of Industrial Enterprises to Provide Electricity to the People".


The notice pointed out that due to the continuous high temperature weather, the city's electricity load continued to climb, and there was a large gap during peak hours when the generator sets should be sent out and the delivery channels were all full.


In order to ensure the safe and orderly supply of electricity and ensure the basic needs of the people, the first-level plan for orderly electricity consumption has been launched. All power users included in the orderly electricity consumption plan must participate in the implementation (except for security loads), and let electricity be used by the people. The time starts from 8 From 00:00 on the 17th to 24:00 on the 24th (the subsequent power cuts will be adjusted in time according to the changes in steam temperature and the supply and demand situation).


Earlier on August 12, Beibei District, Chongqing City issued a notice that the electricity will be cut off from August 14 to 22.


This means that the blackout period in some areas of Chongqing will be from the 14th to the 24th, up to 11 days.

At present, a large number of integrated circuit semiconductor companies are gathered in Chongqing, including SK Hynix, Pingwei Industry, Jialingxin and other packaging and testing companies, NXP, UNISOC, Witson, Zhongkexin Yida, Astra Power Technology, Chongqing Southwest Integrated Circuit Design, Coresmai, Freeway Technology, Wuqi Technology and other chip design companies, China Resources Electronics, Zhongke Yuxin, AOS International Semiconductor, Ziguang DRAM memory chip, Xinxin Quantum and other semiconductor manufacturing companies .


The manufacturing industries of notebook computers, mobile phones, automobiles, white goods, instruments and meters in Chongqing are also very developed.


Among them, the annual output of notebooks exceeds 57.3 million units, accounting for a quarter of the world's total. Notebook brands such as HP, Acer, ASUS, Wistron, Asasonic, Foxconn, Quanta, Compal, Inventec and other foundries have all settled in chongqing.

On the 16th, Sichuan Province also urgently issued a power rationing notice, requiring industrial enterprises to "let electricity to the people", starting at 0:00 on August 15th and ending at 24:00 on August 20th.


Affected by the limited power supply, BOE, Huike, Tianma, etc. have adjusted the power consumption of their offices in Chongqing, Chengdu, Mianyang and other places, and the production capacity has also been affected to a certain extent.


Among them, Chengdu Foxconn limited power from the 15th to the 20th, only 20% of the security load was retained, and the production of the whole plant was stopped.


BOE stated that the power cut will not have a significant adverse impact on the overall operating performance, and routine equipment maintenance will be carried out on the TFT-LCD production line in a timely manner during the period.


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