Nvidia, one of the largest technology companies in the world, announced Monday that it is designing factories to manufacture artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers entirely in America.
In tandem with other companies, Nvidia is securing over one million square feet of factory floor space to manufacture its AI chips in Arizona and to build supercomputers in Texas, the company announced. Nvidia is a key corporate player in the bipartisan U.S. effort to re-shore chip manufacturing capacity in order to be less exposed to any China or possible military action against Taiwan, where much of the world’s chip industry is currently centered.
“The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,” Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement. “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.” (RELATED: Defense, Tech Leaders Warn AI Could Unleash A New Cold War)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center on March 18, 2024 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Nvidia and its partners are planning to “produce up to half a trillion dollars of AI infrastructure in the United States” over the next four years, the company said Monday. The company’s supercomputers are specifically designed to process data to support AI technology, which many analysts expect to boom and proliferate in the coming years.
The company anticipates that it will take at least a year to scale up its production, it said in its announcement. President Donald Trump commended Nvidia and its plans from the Oval Office on Monday, crediting his broad global tariff regime for spurring the company to invest in the U.S.
In addition to buy-in from major corporations like Nvidia, the U.S. will also need to quickly build out new energy generation infrastructure to support the power-hungry data centers that allow AI to work. The International Energy Agency projects that about half of energy demand growth in the U.S. between now and 2030 will be driven by AI.
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