Nvidia has announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the US for the first time, designing and building factories to take on the task.
With the Trump administration’s ongoing tariffs, companies are looking for alternatives, including moving manufacturing to the US where possible. Nvidia appears to be taking the route, according to a company blog post.
NVIDIA is working with its manufacturing partners to design and build factories that, for the first time, will produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S.
Together with leading manufacturing partners, the company 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.
NVIDIA Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona. NVIDIA is building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas, with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas. Mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months.
The company says it “plans to produce up to half a trillion dollars of AI infrastruce in the United States” over the next four years, working in partnership with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL.
“The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “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.”