Taipei, Oct. 10 -- US artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia Corp. is seeking an alternative site for its new Taiwan headquarters after its plan to build at the Beitou-Shilin Science Park in Taipei ran into difficulties, according to a report by Focus Taiwan.

The report stated that Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin confirmed that the ministry had received Nvidia's request a day earlier to provide alternative sites that meet its requirements by October 24.

"At Computex in May, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the firm's intention to establish a new headquarters, called Nvidia Constellation, at the Beitou-Shilin Science Park. The Taipei City government later confirmed Nvidia's preferred locations as T17 and T18 plots, coveri...