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Nvidia Powers Up U.S. AI Factories With $500B Investment

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  • Nvidia ramps U.S. chip and AI supercomputer production
  • AI supercomputers to be mass-produced in Texas within 15 months
  • $500B plan aims to strengthen U.S. AI supply chain and resilience

Nvidia has launched the production of AI supercomputers in the United States.  The company plans to expand its domestic operations to reduce reliance on overseas production and improve supply chain resilience in the U.S. This initiative comes amid geopolitical tensions and shifts in global trade policies.

Nvidia has partnered with major manufacturers to establish and run production facilities in Texas and Arizona. The company announced that Blackwell chip production has kicked off at TSMC’s Phoenix plant. Moreover, the supercomputer manufacturing facilities are under construction in Houston and Dallas.

These developments come amid increased market demand for sophisticated AI infrastructure systems. Nvidia plans to reach full scale mass production in both Texas facilities within 12 to 15 months. The facilities will manufacture special AI systems that power modern data centers.

Nvidia’s AI Supercomputers and Chips

As part of its investment approach, the company will develop more than one million square feet of new production spaces. This capacity expansion seeks to support the complete production cycle of AI supercomputers. The production life cycle includes chip manufacturing, packaging, assembly, and finally testing the system.

Nvidia’s U.S. production network includes TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL, who are expected to perform vital roles. TSMC produces semiconductors, while Amkor and SPIL manage the packaging and testing operations. Wistron and Foxconn will lead the construction of supercomputer plants in Texas.

The initiative supports Nvidia’s $500 billion AI infrastructure investment plan in the next four years. The project seeks to meet the spike in demand for AI systems and develop long-term production capabilities. Additionally, it minimizes exposure to global supply chain shocks due to trade wars and policy changes.

Nvidia Launches AI data centers 

Nvidia’s AI supercomputers will establish the foundation for dedicated data centers and AI factories. These data centers are designed to train artificial intelligence and distribute inference and workloads. The demand for scale and performance has motivated the company to innovate across all phases of its products.

Nvidia’s state-of-the-art robotics, automation, and digital twin technologies will be integrated in the facilities. The company’s Omniverse platform will simulate factory operations before implementation. Moreover, the company will use its Isaac GR00T robot to automate important production processes.

The company’s domestic expansion could boost widespread economic growth. The initiative could create several new jobs across manufacturing, logistics, and technology services. These initiatives could produce trillions of dollars in economic value in the next few decades.

NVIDIA’s CEO May Have Swayed Trump’s China Chip Ban With $1M Dinner

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  • After a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Trump halted H20 chip export curbs to China, following NVIDIA’s US AI data center investment pledge.
  • H20 chips, vital for AI, sparked US security concerns; China stockpiled them before the policy reversal.
  • TSMC’s $100B US chip investment boosts domestic production, benefiting AI giants and securing supply chains.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang might have influenced Trump’s decision to halt the planned H20 chip controls. A $1 million-a-head dinner was held at Mar-a-Lago at the height of Trump’s tariff policies. As speculations grew over the high-profile meeting, Trump caught everyone’s attention after he made a complete turnaround to pause plans of imposing curbs on the export of NVIDIA’s H20 chips to China.

Notably, this reversal comes after months of planning the restrictions, highlighting the firm’s crucial role in this policy change. For context, NVIDIA has doubled down on its commitment to create more AI data centers within the United States. The H20 is the most advanced AI chip in the nation that is currently legally allowed to be exported to China.

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It’s a key component for AI inference, used in technologies like advanced chatbots. Hence, Chinese firms have reportedly intensified their stockpile of H20 chips in anticipation of the ban. Several prominent voices in the U.S., like Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley, have raised concerns about the possibility that China could exploit these chips to ramp up its AI and military capabilities.

Specifically, after a Chinese tech firm unveiled DeepSeek, an AI chatbot, it was considered a breakthrough by the tech industry due to its cost-effective approach in achieving remarkable output via the use of lower-grade hardware.

TSMC’s US Chip Investment to Benefit NVIDIA Amid DeepSeek AI Progress

Earlier, in March, Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC signed deals to inject $100 billion into US chip manufacturing over the next four years, as reported by TronWeekly. This massive investment aims to boost domestic semiconductor production, addressing both national security and economic concerns.

TSMC’s CEO C.C. Wei, revealed plans to build three new manufacturing plants in Arizona as part of their existing $65 billion commitment. Besides providing local employment, this expansion directly benefits tech giants like AMD, NVIDIA, Apple, and Broadcom, securing AI chip capacity and supply chains. ASML also stands to gain from increased lithography tool orders.