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Nvidia is working with Taiwanese electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Wistron to build two supercomputer factories in Houston and Dallas, the company announced Monday. Nvidia expects the investment to result in “hundreds of thousands of jobs,” and said that “mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months.”
Nvidia: now, it's AI supercomputers .... drum roll ... in Texas. Link here.
The story is simply amazing:
This will be the first time that AI supercomputers, which are used to power data centers that solely process artificial intelligence, will be made completely in the U.S., Nvidia said.
The move comes after Trump administration officials said over the weekend that they are conducting a trade investigation into semiconductors. Chip and chip-enabled electronics will see new tariffs within a month or two, they said.
Nvidia said it has commissioned more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test its Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas.
The company is working with Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, on a supercomputer plant in Houston and with Taiwan’s Wistron on a plant in Dallas.
Mass production at both sites is expected to increase in the next 12 to 15 months. The recent flurry of reciprocal tariffs, particularly those targeted at China, have sent tech-sector heavyweights scrambling to assess how their supply chains might be affected and shifted if the new sky-high rates aren’t adjusted downward through trade negotiations.
The only question: will the first AI supercomputer be built in a major urban center in Texas (Houston or DFW) or will it be built in the panhandle of Texas?
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