Now, with that said, Taiwan as a location definitely has an outsized importance. You mentioned yourself when you were scoping the conversations, you chose essentially the choke points, that the ones that can stop AI developments simply by, you know, if had we not managed our water irrigation system well, we would have, when we faced this huge drought, stopped supplying water to TSMC and its supply chain. And if that had happened a year or two back, the chip production would be stopped. And that was during a time where all the car manufacturers are in a huge shortage when it comes to chips using cars. If that happens, then you don’t get edge 100 clusters anymore, or even 800 for that matter. And the entire pace will be delayed by two years or more depending.

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