'100% Made in America' AI Supercomputer Production
4 Out of 5 Partners Are Taiwanese Companies, 1 Is Korean-American Amkor Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) chip manufacturer Nvidia will build up to $500 billion (approximately 700 trillion KRW) worth of AI infrastructure in the United States over the next four years in partnership with other companies.
On the 14th (local time), Nvidia announced this plan through its company blog and stated that it has secured more than 1 million square feet (93,000㎡) of manufacturing space for this purpose.
Nvidia has already started producing its latest AI chip, Blackwell, at the world's largest foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), located in Phoenix, Arizona, and is conducting packaging and testing work with Amkor Technology and Siliconware Precision Industries. Additionally, in Texas, Nvidia is building a supercomputer manufacturing plant together with Foxconn and Wistron, and plans to begin mass production in earnest within the next 12 to 15 months. The company aims to produce not only AI chips but also the hardware necessary to develop and run AI, such as AI supercomputers, domestically in the United States.
Nvidia explained that production through this investment will be the first case of AI supercomputers manufactured in the United States. These supercomputers will be used in data centers that handle AI computations.
Nvidia plans to create a digital twin of the factory using its own technology for the design and operation of the manufacturing facilities and will also produce customized robots for automation in-house.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said, "By expanding manufacturing capabilities in the United States, we can meet the increasing demand for AI chips and supercomputers and strengthen the supply chain."
Nvidia’s announcement came amid U.S. President Donald Trump imposing high tariffs on major trading partners to encourage global companies to produce domestically. The Trump administration announced on the 11th that smartphones, computers, and other technology products and components would be excluded from reciprocal tariffs and that new tariff measures on imported semiconductors would be announced soon.
Among the partners mentioned by Nvidia on this day, Korean-American company Amkor Technology attracted attention. Amkor Technology was initially established in the United States under the name Amkor Electronics by Kim Joo-jin, the eldest son of the late Kim Hyang-soo, honorary chairman and founder of the Anam Group, who started the semiconductor business in 1968, for sales and marketing purposes.
In the late 1990s, as the Anam Group was dismantled, Amkor Electronics acquired the semiconductor packaging division of Anam Semiconductor at that time, and in 1998, it was listed on NASDAQ and changed its name to the current Amkor Technology. Amkor Technology has grown to become the world’s second-largest semiconductor packaging company and is known to do business with domestic companies such as Samsung Electronics.
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