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Nvidia has announced that it plans to produce up to half a trillion US dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the United States over the next four years through partnerships with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor and SPIL.
The Californian-based company said production of its latest generation of AI Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona. Nvidia is also building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas, with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas.
Nvidia added it is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations in Arizona.
According to the company, it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test Nvidia Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas.
These moves mark the first time Nvidia has produced its AI supercomputers entirely in the US.
“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,” Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement.
Mass production at the Foxconn and Wistron plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months, Nvidia said.
Nvidia touted manufacturing its chips and supercomputers in the US is expected to “create hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive trillions of dollars in economic security over the coming decades”.
The news comes after President Donald Trump imposed high “reciprocal” tariffs on a long list of countries, including 32% tariff on products from Taiwan, where Nvidia largely manufacturers its chips.
However, shortly after making the tariffs announcement on so-called Liberation Day, Trump said tariff exemptions would apply to chips, as well as smartphones, computers and other consumer electronics.
Days after announcing the exemptions, Trump then changed his tune again, announcing tariffs would apply on imported semiconductors.
During an appearance at the White House, Trump claimed his tariffs are responsible for Nvidia’s decisions to begin manufacturing in the US.
The UK Telegraph reported Nvidia’s move comes weeks after Huang dined at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
