# Amazon picks New Taipei City for new innovation center **URL:** \ **Category:** Money\ **Tags:** new-taipei\ **Created:** [August 20, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878 "2018-08-20T09:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/48 "2020-01-08T16:21:02Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > I know a very experienced guy, he only gets 50k or something base but he makes maybe as much again from all these projects that he maintains for clients. He either rounds up much more than that annually or he’s an outlier. Anyone who knows ppl in IT knows they get several times more than that. IT money is often better in Taiwan than in Europe after tax. Many still get something like €3300 after tax in Germany or France after many years because tax rate is that high (which of course you would dismiss because you _know_ someone earning big bucks in Ireland). Or maybe he just sucks and doesn’t really deserve better. ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/49 "2020-01-08T18:13:55Z")
Ireland is a small country with Microsoft pouring in a disproportionate amount of capital. It’d be interesting to hear its tech story, but it’s not representative of the rest of Europe. ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/50 "2020-05-23T21:22:41Z")
$10 million investment > **[Apple to invest NT$330 million in LED, micro-LED display plant in Taiwan |...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3933246)** > > Apple to invest NT$330 million to make LED, micro-LED displays in Taiwan | 2020-05-13 17:32:00 ---
**Author:** ![Alex2002](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/alex2002/32/141057_2.png) [@Alex2002](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Alex2002)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/51 "2020-05-24T01:18:17Z")
Good, but does fourmosa run on AWS? It would definitely cut costs to run this site. ---
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/52 "2020-05-25T01:15:40Z")
They recently started self-hosting Discourse. The current server is from [DigitalOcean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalOcean). ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/53 "2020-05-25T01:37:34Z")
NDC hints at more investment from Google, MS. > **[Industrial policy laid out for Taiwanese president's second term | Taiwan News...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3937891)** > > National Development Council's Kung Ming-hsin hints at beefed up investment from Google, Microsoft | 2020-05-21 10:34:00 ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/54 "2021-01-27T14:25:50Z")
Google strikes again. > **[Google opens new office in New Taipei | Taiwan News | 2021-01-27 13:01:00](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4112861?fbclid=IwAR35modqvWrd0GaBHUxsJdoFL0mhDlu9Z4brSJCJ52pzyEiz0viIZi87SY8)** > > Hardware development center in Taiwan Google's second-largest in world | 2021-01-27 13:01:00 ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/55 "2021-01-27T15:14:59Z")
> **[Google to make Taiwan its main hardware R&D hub outside US](https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Google-to-make-Taiwan-its-main-hardware-R-D-hub-outside-US)** > > Tech giant says island will be core location for its engineers ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/56 "2024-08-18T03:16:13Z")
Did the Amazon Innovation Center which was supposed to be starting up in Banqiao in 2018 actually ever happen? I can’t find any info on it now. ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/57 "2024-08-18T03:47:11Z")
As of 2020 it was still operating. [https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/46685](https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/46685)? Meta shut down their R&D center after a year. ---
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878/58 "2024-08-18T09:32:47Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > As of 2020 it was still operating. > > [https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/46685](https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/articles/view/46685)? > > Meta shut down their R&D center after a year. Since you read the web site fro meet-global, you can join the events they have > [@2024 Meet Greater South Startup Festival on Fri/Sat](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/2024-meet-greater-south-startup-festival-on-fri-sat/243278): > > I think tickets are free for most If you do come PM me, one of group has a small booth inside and come visit. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/amazon-picks-new-taipei-city-for-new-innovation-center/171878.md?page=2)