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Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires

ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang described Taiwan as the epicentre of the AI revolution, noting that the company is allocating roughly $100 billion to $150 billion each year to its Taiwan supply chain—a ten-fold increase from four years ago. To support this investment, Nvidia plans to expand its Taiwan workforce to about 4,000 employees.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Next Web·NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang calls Taiwan the ‘epicentre’ of the AI revolution as spending hits $150bn a year
- TechMeme·Jensen Huang says Nvidia is spending $100B-$150B annually on its Taiwan supply chain, up from $10B-$15B four years ago, and will boost its Taiwan staff to 4,000 (Nikkei Asia)
- Ars Technica·Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires
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