NVIDIA to Manufacture First American-Made AI Supercomputers

US chipmaker NVIDIA on Monday announced plans to produce its first-ever AI supercomputers domestically.  The initiative is part of its pledge to manufacture $500 billion AI infrastructure in the country over the next four years, in partnership with TSMC, Foxconn and Wistron, among others. 

The company commissioned over one million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test Nvidia Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas. This follows the government’s push to incentivise domestic chip manufacturing to create local jobs and reduce dependency on countries like Taiwan and China. 

NVIDIA is building supercomputer production units in Texas with contract manufacturers Foxconn in Houston and a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, Wistron, in Dallas. In both plants, mass production is expected to ramp up in the next 12-15 months. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona, have already started producing Blackwell Chips. 

“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,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in the blog post. 

The company plans to use its advanced AI, robotics, and digital twin technologies to operate these facilities, including Omniverse, to create digital twin factories, and Isaac GR00T to build robots for automated manufacturing. 

Caught between the trade wars over the semiconductor supply chain, the US has seen significant changes in recent years. As reported by AIM earlier, increasing geopolitical tensions and disruptions in the supply chain have pushed the US to look at its overreliance on other countries like China, moving towards being a key player in the global semiconductor industry. 

The government also expects to obtain direct funding and loans from private investors, like Taiwan, to build “cutting-edge fabrication facilities,” aiming to increase the US workforce. In March 2025, the White House said that TSMC announced a $100 billion investment in Arizona's semiconductor chip manufacturing unit, marking one of the most significant foreign direct investments in US history. 

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The White House has called the recent foreign investments the “Trump Effect in action.”
However, the US government announced steep tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese imports in early April. Unexpectedly, the Trump administration exempted tariffs on smartphones, computers and other electronic parts, including chips, on April 13.  The Washington Post reported that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that semiconductor and other electronics tariffs are still in the works.