It takes about 6,000 liters or 1,600 gallons of city water to create 3,800 liters or 1,000 gallons of ultrapure water. And a single 200-mm or 8-inch wafer can use over 5,600 liters or 2,000 gallons of ultrapure water.
Thailand - Hard Disk Drives (and don't be thinking SSDs has made them obsolete!)
The entire semiconductor industry is riddled with very large baskets
Neon - Over 50% of the world's neon is produced in Ukraine
Silicon Wafers - Japan
Droughts in Taiwan - so let's build fabs in Arizona
Thailand - Hard Disk Drives (and don't be thinking SSDs has made them obsolete!)