Nvidia Invests $500 Billion in Taiwan AI Supercomputer

Nvidia is constructing one of the world's most powerful AI supercomputers in Taiwan, as part of a broader initiative announced on Monday. This initiative also includes the establishment of a new headquarters in Taipei. CEO Jensen Huang revealed at the Computex trade show that Nvidia will collaborate with the region's government and Foxconn’s Big Innovation Group to build the new system, which will house over 10,000 of Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell GPUs.

The supercomputer will be deployed at the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) and will support leading academic institutions and Nvidia’s key chip partner, TSMC. The new system is expected to deliver more than eight times the AI performance of the existing Taiwania 2, featuring HGX H200 nodes, Blackwell Ultra-based B300 systems, and GB200 NVL72 racks, all connected via Nvidia’s Quantum InfiniBand networking.

“We are growing beyond the limits of our current office,” Huang said, unveiling concept footage of the company’s upcoming “Constellation” HQ, designed to resemble a spacecraft landed in Taipei’s Beitou district. The move comes as the U.S. government pushes tech firms to onshore manufacturing, rolling back export restrictions while cracking down on AI chip sales to China. Nvidia has pledged to invest $500 billion in U.S. infrastructure, but Monday’s announcements show the company’s deep dependence on Taiwan’s supply chain and scientific institutions.

The new NCHC supercomputer will drive breakthroughs in sovereign AI, quantum computing, and advanced scientific computation. Among the projects it will power are TAIDE, a national effort to build large language models tuned to Taiwanese culture and language; a generative AI development platform called Taiwan AI RAP; and simulations in climate modeling, quantum chemistry, and epidemic prevention. Nvidia’s CUDA-Q platform has already enabled researchers to run a record-breaking 784-qubit quantum simulation. A new hybrid quantum-classical computing system is also in development.

The Taiwan rollout follows Huang’s recent trip through the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia committed to a $600 billion investment package spanning AI, energy, and infrastructure. As part of that initiative, Nvidia agreed to supply at least 18,000 Blackwell GPUs to power “Humain,” a state-backed Saudi AI firm developing a 500-megawatt data center. The company also unveiled NVLink Fusion, a new effort to let rival AI chips connect directly to Nvidia’s platform, aimed at locking its GPUs into the backbone of next-gen AI systems.

“Nothing gives me more joy than when you buy everything from Nvidia… but it gives me tremendous joy if you just buy something from Nvidia,” he said. The new system will support sovereign AI projects like TAIDE and Taiwan AI RAP, which are already powering multilingual chatbots and healthcare tools across the region. The move underscores Nvidia’s strategic investments in key regions, leveraging local expertise and infrastructure to drive innovation in AI and high-performance computing.