LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Nvidia announced Monday that it will produce its super computers in the United States for the first time.
The tech giant said it has commissioned more than one million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test its specialized Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas 鈥� part of an investment the company said will produce up to half a trillion dollars of AI infrastructure in the next four years.
鈥淭he engines of the world鈥檚 AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time,鈥� Nvidia founder Jensen Huang said in a statement. 鈥淎dding American manufacturing helps us better meet the incredible and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers, strengthens our supply chain and boosts our resiliency.鈥�
Nvidia鈥檚 announcement comes as the Trump administration has said that until officials develop a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry.
White House officials, including President Donald Trump himself, spent Sunday downplaying the significance of exemptions that lessen but won鈥檛 eliminate the effect of U.S. tariffs on imports of popular consumer devices and their key components.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e exempt from the reciprocal tariffs but they鈥檙e included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two,鈥� U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC鈥檚 鈥淭his Week鈥� on Sunday.
Nvidia said in a post on its website that it has started Blackwell production at . The Santa Clara, California-based chip company is also building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas 鈥� with Foxconn in Houston and Wistron in Dallas.
Nvidia's AI super computers will serve as the engines for AI factories, 鈥渁 new type of data center created for the sole purpose of processing artificial intelligence,鈥� the company said, adding that manufacturing in the U.S. will create 鈥渉undreds of thousands of jobs and drive trillions of dollars in economic security over the coming decades."
Mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months, Nvidia said. The company also plans on partnering with Taiwan-based company SPIL and Amkor for 鈥減ackaging and testing operations鈥� in Arizona.
In a statement Monday, the White House called Nvidia鈥檚 move 鈥渢he Trump Effect in action.鈥�
Trump 鈥渉as made U.S.-based chips manufacturing a priority as part of his relentless pursuit of an American manufacturing renaissance, and it鈥檚 paying off 鈥� with trillions of dollars in new investments secured in the tech sector alone,鈥� the White House said.
Earlier this year, Trump announced a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. The new entity, , was tasked with building out data centers and the electricity generation needed for the further development of the in Texas, according to the White House.
The initial investment is expected to be $100 billion and could reach five times that sum.
Sarah Parvini, The Associated Press
