Taipei Councilor Slams Mayor Over Nvidia Visit, Infrastructure Delays

Taipei City Councilor Jian Shu-pei has sharply criticized Mayor Chiang Wan-an, accusing him of prioritizing a photo opportunity with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang over the crucial development of the Taipei Technology Park (TTP). Jian alleges that the city government only finalized plans for the necessary Wenlin substation during Huang's visit to Taiwan, a decision that had been pending for a year. She further claims that Chiang's administration is deflecting responsibility for the delay onto national entities like Taipower.

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Taipei City Government dragged its feet for a year, and only at the moment when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang came to Taiwan did it finally finalize the Wenlin substation.

Jian pointed out the apparent contradiction in the city's actions: while a deputy secretary-general led a delegation to the U.S. to "exchange" on T17 and T18 development projects at Nvidia's headquarters, the fundamental issue of power supply for the TTP remained unresolved. According to city regulations, such overseas trips are typically planned a year in advance, with exceptions only for mayoral directives, legislative invitations, or changes in international conference locations. Jian asserts that the trip was a political maneuver, a "mayoral directive," aimed at securing a connection with Huang after initial attempts to leverage Nvidia's new headquarters announcement failed to yield a personal meeting.

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Mayor Chiang Wan-an and his cronies continue to shift the responsibility for the city government's delay in building the substation to Taipower and the central government.

The councilor argues that Chiang's administration is fundamentally misplacing its priorities. She contends that Nvidia's Taiwan branch is already in Taipei, and communication regarding the new headquarters' development should naturally occur through existing channels. Instead of focusing on the core energy needs, which have been the subject of six meetings between Taipower and the Taipei city government since June last year, the administration allegedly delegated the issue to the Public Works Department, citing land ownership as the reason. Jian criticizes the lack of a city-level coordination for such a significant cross-departmental matter, accusing Chiang of being more interested in "riding on" Huang's coattails than ensuring Nvidia's smooth integration into the TTP.

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Chiang Wan-an is more interested in when he can get a photo with Jensen Huang than in Nvidia's relocation to the Taipei Technology Park.