<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nNvidia is setting aside more than 1 million square feet (around 93,000 square meters) of facilities in Arizona to manufacture and test its Blackwell chips, and in Texas to assemble its AI servers. The company is collaborating with Foxconn to establish a new factory in Houston and with Wistron for another in Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cost sensitivity plays out very differently between smartphones and AI servers. For smartphones like the iPhone, even a $100 price increase can deter buyers, making large-scale U.S. production impractical. In contrast, enterprise customers purchasing AI servers are willing to pay a premium for high-quality, domestically manufactured equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, iPhone production requires hundreds of thousands of workers for manual assembly, making labor costs a massive factor. AI server assembly, however, is highly automated, with key value lying in engineering, design, and software expertise\u2014areas where the U.S. excels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Choosing Texas over Silicon Valley also makes strategic sense. Texas is close to Mexico, which has become a hub for AI server manufacturing. About 70% of servers imported into the U.S.\u2014AI and otherwise\u2014come from Mexico, according to Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adriana Cruz, Executive Director of Economic Development in the Texas Governor\u2019s Office, pointed out that Texas offers abundant energy resources and a business-friendly environment, making it an attractive destination for tech manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in January, Trump also unveiled the $500 billion Stargate project, aimed at developing AI infrastructure over four years. The initial phase involves setting up data centers in Abilene, Texas. Apple has also announced plans for a new manufacturing plant in the state. Cruz confidently stated that Texas is poised to become the “center of AI infrastructure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, industry experts caution that while such massive investments sound promising, concrete outcomes will need to be closely watched before drawing conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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