Industrial gas company whose on-site complex in north Phoenix supplies nitrogen, oxygen and argon to the TSMC Arizona fabs, per a 2024 federal review.
Phoenix, Tempe and Kingman, AZ, plus 14 stores statewide · 65,177 worldwide (end of 2025); Arizona headcount not published · 40 open roles
Arizona AI is tracking 40 open positions at Linde (Praxair) in Arizona across Phoenix, Kingman, Lake Havasu and 4 other locations, alongside 7 news items.
Modern AI runs on physical silicon, and that silicon passes through several hands before it ever answers a question. Here is the path, and where Linde (Praxair) sits on it. Stages not marked below are shown for context and are not claims about Linde (Praxair).
Linde plc, formed through the merger of Praxair and Linde AG, describes itself as the largest industrial gas company worldwide. It has head offices in Woking, England, and Danbury, Connecticut, and trades on the Nasdaq.
Linde reported $34.0 billion in sales for 2025 and 65,177 employees worldwide at year end. Electronics customers made up about 9% of its 2025 sales outside its engineering business, according to its annual report.
How it supplies a chip fab: for its largest customers Linde builds plants on or next to the customer's site and pipes the gas in, under contracts that typically run 10 to 20 years. Its U.S. semiconductor page lists ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide among the gases it sells to fabs.
The gas complex on the TSMC campus: on September 8, 2021, Linde announced a long-term agreement to supply a new multi-billion dollar chip plant in Phoenix, with a total investment of approximately $600 million. Linde said it would build, own and operate on-site plants making ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon, with the first ones due in the second half of 2022.
Who the customer is: Linde's releases call it only "one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers." The U.S. Commerce Department's 2024 draft environmental assessment of TSMC Arizona names it: the Linde plant "will provide bulk quantities of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon to TSMC Phases 1 through 3" and the same gases to the general market.
The $1 billion expansion: on July 31, 2026, Linde said it had been awarded a new long-term agreement and would invest $1 billion to add two air separation units to the three already at the site, supplying two new chip fabs. Linde again did not name the customer. Arizona AI does not add the two announcements together: Linde has published neither a combined figure nor what it has spent.
Where the plant is: the federal assessment places it on the westernmost part of the TSMC campus, across W. 51st Ave. from the production areas, on land Linde leases, and says Linde will sublease part of the parcel to Air Liquide to supply bulk hydrogen.
Street address: Google Maps lists Linde Inc. at 32400 N. 51st Ave., Phoenix, just west of 51st Avenue between Dove Valley Road and Loop 303. A second Linde listing about 280 meters away, "Linde Gas & Equipment TSMC Project," gives 5100 W. Carefree Hwy. as its address.
What the 2020 plans said: the Phoenix Business Journal, reading Linde's January 2020 city filings, reported plans for about 8,000 feet of pipelines, buildings under 20,000 square feet with towers of 120 and 165 feet, and 14 plant employees and 14 truck drivers. Linde told the city "We consume 25 times the amount of electricity of a normal industrial customer". Linde has not published a current Arizona headcount.
The public approvals Arizona AI found:
Tempe office: Linde's own U.S. contact page lists its Arizona regional sales office at 1620 W. Fountainhead Pkwy., Tempe.
Other Linde sites: Google Maps lists Linde Electronics at 1122 N. 52nd St. in Phoenix, with photos of the site; Arizona's 2014 environmental registry already listed Linde LLC there.
Kingman gas plant: Linde runs a specialty gas plant at 3426 Griffith Rd., Kingman, still listed on Google Maps under the Praxair name. Linde Gas & Equipment filed an EPA risk management plan for the site in July 2023. A privately published Mohave County highway guide described the plant in 2012, then as Praxair Electronics, as producing arsine and phosphine for semiconductor manufacturing.
Stores: Linde's store locator lists 14 Linde Welding Gas & Equipment Center stores in Arizona, in Phoenix, Mesa, Tucson, Flagstaff, Prescott, Kingman, Yuma, Casa Grande, Show Low, Lake Havasu City and Fort Mohave. They sell welding gases and equipment and have no published role in Linde's chip supply work. They are listed under "Other Arizona locations" below.
Fab utilities, not chips: Linde makes no chips. Its Phoenix plants make the nitrogen, oxygen and argon that wafer fabs use in large volumes and pipe them next door. The chips made in wafer fabs include those that AI systems run on.
Demand from AI: in its 2025 annual report Linde wrote that "demand from semiconductor manufacturers and the expansion of AI-related digital infrastructure remain strong." It calls the Phoenix site one of its largest investments for an electronics customer anywhere.
September 2025 outage at TSMC Arizona (reported, not confirmed): TSMC confirmed that "a power outage at a TSMC supplier occurred" and did not confirm whether any losses occurred. Data Center Dynamics, relaying a report by journalist Tim Culpan, named the supplier as Linde and reported that TSMC scrapped thousands of wafers.
DIGITIMES later cited unnamed supply-chain sources who blamed "unstable gas purity from supplier Linde", a different cause. These are third-party reports that Linde and TSMC have not confirmed, and they are not independently verified. Arizona AI found no statement from Linde about the outage. Status as of October 2026.
Each figure is dated and linked to its source. Figures that are company-reported, announced, or projected rather than measured are labeled.
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 32400 N. 51st Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85083 | 2026-10-28 | verified | Google Maps |
| Where the plant sits (federal review) | Westernmost part of the TSMC Arizona campus, across W. 51st Ave. from the production areas | 2024-05-29 | verified | U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST CHIPS Program Office |
| Who owns the plant and the land | Owned and operated by Linde on a leased land parcel | 2024-05-29 | verified | U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST CHIPS Program Office |
| What happens here | On-site plants that make ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon for the neighboring chip fabs, with the same gases also sold to the general market | 2021-09-08 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc |
| When the first plants were due | Second half of 2022 (planned) | 2021-09-08 | announced From a public announcement. Plans can change. | Linde plc |
| Plant staff planned in the 2020 city application | 14 plant employees and 14 truck drivers (2020 plan) | 2022-05-24 | projected A forward-looking estimate, not a measured result. | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| Buildings and towers in the 2020 plan | Under 20,000 sq ft of buildings, towers of 120 and 165 feet (2020 plan) | 2022-05-24 | announced From a public announcement. Plans can change. | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| Supporting infrastructure in the 2020 plan | About 8,000 feet of gas pipelines and 11,500 feet of underground 230-kV transmission duct bank | 2022-05-24 | announced From a public announcement. Plans can change. | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| Electricity use, as Linde described it to the city | About 25 times the electricity of a normal industrial customer | 2022-05-24 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| Hydrogen supplier on Linde's parcel | Linde will sublease part of its parcel to Air Liquide, which will supply bulk hydrogen (2024 review) | 2024-05-29 | verified | U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST CHIPS Program Office |
| Gas pipelines requested in city streets (January 2023) | 51st Avenue, from Dove Valley Road to Loop 303 | 2023-01-25 | verified | City of Phoenix, City Clerk |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 1122 N. 52nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85008 | 2026-10-28 | verified | Google Maps |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 3426 Griffith Rd., Kingman, AZ 86401 | 2026-10-28 | verified | Google Maps |
| Specialty gases made here, as described in 2012 | Arsine and phosphine for semiconductor manufacturing; other gases for chipmakers are stored and mixed here | 2026-10-28 | verified | Hualapai West, Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 1620 W. Fountainhead Pkwy., Tempe, AZ 85282 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 14990 W Jimmie Kerr Blvd, Casa Grande, AZ 85122 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 1000 E Butler Ave, Suite 109, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 4648 S Highway 95, Fort Mohave, AZ 86426 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 2155 E Northern Ave, Kingman, AZ 86409 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 1081 N Lake Havasu Ave, Building 102, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 2534 W Broadway Rd, Suite 7, Mesa, AZ 85202 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 8607 E. Pecos Rd., Building 3, Mesa, AZ 85212 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 4030 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85009 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 20801 N 19th Ave, Suite 12, Phoenix, AZ 85027 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 3822 E. University Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85034 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
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| Address | 548 Sixth St, Prescott, AZ 86301 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
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| Address | 1620 N 16th St, Show Low, AZ 85901 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
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| Address | 800 S Park Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address | 4251 E 30th Place, Yuma, AZ 85365 | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
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| Plans filed with the City of Phoenix | January 2020 | 2022-05-24 | verified | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| Phoenix council adopts a Linde gas pipeline license | October 6, 2021 | 2021-10-06 | verified | City of Phoenix, City Clerk |
| Utility work so TSMC and Linde could build | APS relocated 500-kV, 230-kV and 69-kV transmission lines on the 1,100-acre TSMC property | 2022-04-12 | verified | Phoenix Business Journal (Arizona Technology Council copy) |
| County air permit issued for the Linde plant | May 20, 2022 (Maricopa County permit P0008966) | 2022-05-20 | verified | U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST CHIPS Program Office |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linde announces a $1 billion Phoenix expansion | July 31, 2026 | 2026-07-31 | verified | Linde plc (via Business Wire) |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees worldwide (not an Arizona figure) | 65,177 (end of 2025) | 2025-12-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (SEC filing) |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How Linde describes its Phoenix customer | "One of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers" (Linde does not name it) | 2026-07-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (via Business Wire) |
| Gases Linde sells to chip fabs (U.S. product page) | Ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide | 2026-10-27 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde Inc. |
| How on-site supply contracts work | Plants on or next to the customer's site, with contracts typically running 10 to 20 years | 2025-12-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (SEC filing) |
| Electronics share of Linde sales, 2025 (worldwide) | 9% of 2025 sales (worldwide, excluding Linde Engineering) | 2025-12-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (copy filed in the German Bundestag lobby register) |
| Measure | Value | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head offices and listing | Woking, England, and Danbury, Connecticut; incorporated in Ireland; Nasdaq: LIN | 2025-12-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (copy filed in the German Bundestag lobby register) |
| Chief executive | Sanjiv Lamba (CEO since March 1, 2022, also chairman since January 31, 2026) | 2025-12-31 | company-reported From the company's own published information. | Linde plc (copy filed in the German Bundestag lobby register) |
| September 2025 supplier outage at TSMC Arizona (press reports name Linde) | TSMC confirmed a power outage at a supplier; press reports, not confirmed by Linde or TSMC, name Linde | 2025-11-26 | verified | Tom's Hardware (Anton Shilov) |
| Terms requested for the 2023 pipeline licenses | Two 15-year licenses, each with two 10-year renewal options, and a combined fee of up to $125,000 a year | 2023-01-25 | verified | City of Phoenix, City Clerk |
Arizona AI currently tracks 40 open Linde (Praxair) roles in Arizona, the largest named category being manufacturing & equipment technicians (9). Counts come from the Arizona AI job index, aggregated from the employer's own careers system and refreshed twice daily; they reflect published listings, not total employment.
Arizona AI is currently tracking 40 open Linde (Praxair) roles in Arizona, across Phoenix, Kingman, Lake Havasu and 4 other locations. The count updates automatically as Linde (Praxair) adds and removes postings, and duplicate listings for the same role are merged.
The largest categories among current listings at Linde (Praxair) in Arizona are manufacturing & equipment technicians (9), process & equipment engineering (5), business & corporate (3), internships & early career (3). Categories are derived from job titles by Arizona AI.
Linde (Praxair) lists Arizona roles in Phoenix, Kingman, Lake Havasu, Flagstaff and 3 other locations. Locations are shown exactly as Linde (Praxair) publishes them. Employers sometimes label roles with the metropolitan area rather than the specific campus city.
Each listing on this page links through to Linde (Praxair)'s own application page. Arizona AI does not collect applications or charge job seekers, and roles are aggregated from the employer's official careers system rather than from third-party recruiters.
Linde's own announcements name the customer only as "one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers." The U.S. Commerce Department's 2024 draft environmental assessment of TSMC Arizona names it: the Linde plant on the west side of TSMC's north Phoenix campus "will provide bulk quantities of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon to TSMC Phases 1 through 3," and the same gases to the general market.
Linde announced two separate investments in its north Phoenix gas complex: about $600 million in September 2021 for the first plants, and $1 billion in July 2026 for two more air separation units to supply two new chip fabs. Linde has not published a combined total or how much it has spent so far.
The federal environmental assessment places it on the westernmost part of the TSMC Arizona campus, across W. 51st Ave. from the production areas, on land Linde leases. Google Maps lists Linde Inc. at 32400 N. 51st Ave., Phoenix, just west of 51st Avenue between Dove Valley Road and Loop 303. A second Linde listing about 280 meters away, "Linde Gas & Equipment TSMC Project," gives 5100 W. Carefree Hwy. as its address.
Ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen and argon, made by air separation units that Linde builds, owns and operates on the TSMC Arizona campus. Linde says three units exist there and two more are planned. The 2024 federal assessment says Linde will sublease part of its parcel to Air Liquide, which will supply bulk hydrogen.
Linde does not publish an Arizona headcount. Its 2020 plans for the north Phoenix complex, as reported by the Phoenix Business Journal, called for 14 plant employees and 14 truck drivers. Worldwide, Linde had 65,177 employees at the end of 2025.
TSMC confirmed that "a power outage at a TSMC supplier occurred" in September 2025 but did not confirm whether any losses occurred. Press reports citing journalist Tim Culpan named the supplier as Linde and said TSMC scrapped thousands of wafers. Neither Linde nor TSMC has confirmed those details, and Arizona AI found no statement from Linde about the outage.