The White House on Friday announced it had finalized an agreement with a major semiconductor manufacturer to invest billions of dollars in facilities in Arizona as President Biden looks to cement parts of his legislative legacy before leaving office in January.

The White House is racing to finish grant agreements for chip manufacturers, but some of its biggest successes might be credited to the Trump administration.

The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it has finalized a $6.6 billion government subsidy for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's U.S. unit for semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona.

Commerce Department has finally agreed to release $6.6 billion to help fund the Phoenix plant being built by TSMC. Trump has criticized the plan.

The Biden administration finalized its Chips Act incentive awards for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., marking a major milestone for a program meant to bring semiconductor production back to US soil.

In October, a Canadian research firm discovered that Huawei was using TSMC chips for its artificial intelligence accelerators even though that violates US government sanctions. TSMC denied having any working relationship with Huawei,

The funding is aimed at supporting the company’s $65bn business in Arizona and create “tens of thousands” of jobs.

The Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Arizona Corporation has been awarded up to $6.6 billion in funding.