In the mid-1990's, Taiwan's IT industry began to take off, and every major company was fighting for the ever-decreasing, prime property at Hsinchu, making it nigh-on impossible to secure a spot there. Then, in July 1996, after considering the levels of industrial development in the north and the south of Taiwan, the government began formulating a plan for a "Southern Taiwan Science Park".
民國八十年代中期，正是台灣資訊產業起飛時，各大廠商為了躋身竹科而擠破頭，在竹科一位難求、且兼顧南北產業發展的多方考量下，政府於民國八十五年七月開始籌組南部科學園區，消息傳出，廠商趨之若鶩，紛紛搶進南科卡位。