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NVIDIA plans large-scale Taipei headquarters and expands AI factory partnerships with Foxconn and Quanta
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
NVIDIA is planning a major new headquarters in Taipei to accommodate growth in chip design, packaging, and system engineering. The company is also collaborating with partners like Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron to establish AI factories globally. Separately, leadership clarified that while invited to invest in OpenAI, funding will occur incrementally rather than in a single $100 billion block, and confirmed recent or planned investments in xAI and Anthropic.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently confirmed plans for a massive new headquarters in Taipei to centralize complex chip design and system engineering. While the contract awaits a final signature, the expansion aims to deepen ties with key manufacturing and component partners including TSMC, Foxconn, Quanta, and Sunny Optical. This infrastructure push follows a record year for Wistron and other Taiwan-based ODMs, signaling a shift toward localized "AI factories" where firms move beyond hardware assembly to producing industrial-scale intelligence under NVIDIA’s direct technical oversight.
Regarding capital allocation, Huang clarified that while NVIDIA was invited to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, the company is proceeding cautiously, one round at a time. Huang also highlighted a recent stake in xAI and upcoming plans for Anthropic. This dual strategy of physical infrastructure expansion in Taiwan and strategic equity in leading LLM developers solidifies NVIDIA’s control over both the hardware supply chain and the software ecosystems driving demand.
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