Nvidia plans to produce AI supercomputer chips entirely in the United States for the first time.
The semiconductor maker said in a blog post Monday that it had commissioned more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test its Blackwell chips in Phoenix and is building supercomputer plants in Houston and Dallas. Nvidia said it would take at least a year to reach mass production scale at both plants.
At the same time, Nvidia said its Blackwell chips have already started production at Phoenix chip plants run by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a major semiconductor foundry.
Nvidia signaled plans last month to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure in the United States over the next four years, part of a broader stateside development push among Foxconn, TSMC and other semiconductor giants.
“The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,” Nvidia 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.”
The White House hailed the announcement as “the Trump Effect in action,” saying in a statement Monday that “President Donald J. 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.”
Trump indicated over the weekend that new tariffs on imported chips are coming soon. However, he has also called to repeal the bipartisan CHIPS Act, a law President Joe Biden signed in 2022 that authorized $280 billion in new funding for the domestic semiconductor industry. Congressional Republicans haven’t shown much interest in scrapping the measure.
Huang reportedly attended a $1 million-per-person dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida resort, this month. Nvidia promised the Trump administration a fresh commitment of U.S. investment, NPR reported, and the White House reversed course on a plan to bar U.S. chipmakers from selling Nvidia’s popular H20 AI chips to China.
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