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Following NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s Mar-a-Lago meal with President Donald Trump, the pioneering chipmaker announced plans to build artificial intelligence servers across the United States.
These new factories will house the very first U.S.-made supercomputers. The company laid claim to more than one million square feet of property across two stateside sites — one Arizona plant will test NVIDIA Blackwell chips, while another location in Texas will house AI supercomputers.
The joint venture, which includes other tech giants Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, will take place over the next four years. Other brands, like packaging manufacturers, are also involved in the deal.
The new developments will result in around half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the States.
This news comes as continued tariff threats from President Trump ebb and flow. Trump’s tariffs have the potential to neuter brands like NVIDIA; the tech company relies heavily on manufacturers in Taiwan for GPU production, but 32% tariffs could take a toll.
What’s more, the 145% tariffs on products from China could upend the stateside distribution and sale of electronic devices like Apple’s iPhones.
“The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,” said NVIDIA’s Huang in a news release. “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.”
The White House says this tech development is “the Trump Effect in action.” President Donald Trump “has made U.S.-based chips manufacturing a priority as part of his relentless pursuit of an American manufacturing renaissance, and it’s paying off — with trillions of dollars in new investments secured in the tech sector alone,” the White House added.
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