Nvidia said it is planning to build AI infrastructure worth as much as $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years with help from partners such as TSMC, the latest American tech firm to back the Trump administration's push for local manufacturing.
The announcement on Monday includes the production of its Blackwell AI chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's factory at Phoenix, Arizona, as well as supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas by Foxconn and Wistron that are expected to ramp up in the next 12 to 15 months, Nvidia said.
The move aligns the AI chip giant, majority of whose processors are produced in Taiwan, with a clutch of tech firms that have been pledging to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. amid the threat of steep tariffs from President Donald Trump.
Apple, which assembles most of its iPhones in China, has also promised half a trillion dollars in the U.S. investments in the next four years including a factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers.
"Adding American manufacturing helps us better meet the incredible and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers, strengthens our supply chain and boosts our resiliency," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Manufacturing AI chips and supercomputers in the U.S. will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the coming decades, the company said.
Huang had said in March Nvidia sees little short-term impact from higher U.S. tariffs, but would move production to the U.S. in the longer term, without giving a timeline.
Nvidia said on Monday TSMC has started production of its latest generation of chips at its factory in Arizona. Reuters reported in December TSMC was in talks with Nvidia to produce its Blackwell chips at the plant.
TSMC, the world's biggest contract maker of chips, has said it plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the U.S. that involves building five additional chip facilities.
The announcement on Monday includes the production of its Blackwell AI chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's factory at Phoenix, Arizona, as well as supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas by Foxconn and Wistron that are expected to ramp up in the next 12 to 15 months, Nvidia said.
The move aligns the AI chip giant, majority of whose processors are produced in Taiwan, with a clutch of tech firms that have been pledging to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. amid the threat of steep tariffs from President Donald Trump.
Apple, which assembles most of its iPhones in China, has also promised half a trillion dollars in the U.S. investments in the next four years including a factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers.
"Adding American manufacturing helps us better meet the incredible and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers, strengthens our supply chain and boosts our resiliency," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Manufacturing AI chips and supercomputers in the U.S. will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the coming decades, the company said.
Huang had said in March Nvidia sees little short-term impact from higher U.S. tariffs, but would move production to the U.S. in the longer term, without giving a timeline.
Nvidia said on Monday TSMC has started production of its latest generation of chips at its factory in Arizona. Reuters reported in December TSMC was in talks with Nvidia to produce its Blackwell chips at the plant.
TSMC, the world's biggest contract maker of chips, has said it plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the U.S. that involves building five additional chip facilities.
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