{
  "id": 26899,
  "title": "Built in Fort Worth: Wistron Opens Advanced Manufacturing Plant to Produce NVIDIA AI Systems",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/21/built-in-fort-worth-wistron-opens-advanced-manufacturing-plant-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-07-21T22:35:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NVIDIA Blog",
    "slug": "nvidia-blog",
    "url": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/wistron-manufacturing-texas/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Wistron inaugurated an advanced manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, dedicated to producing NVIDIA AI systems. Spanning 324,000 square feet, the state-of-the-art facility represents a $700 million investment in domestic manufacturing. The opening ceremony, attended by Wistron executives, Taiwanese officials, and local leaders, saw NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang alongside Wistron Chairman Simon Lin discuss the significance of the plant in advancing American AI infrastructure. The D1 facility currently operates two manufacturing cells, one producing NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchips and the other set to produce NVIDIA Vera Rubin Superchips. With plans to scale up production and create around 500 jobs at launch, with potential expansion to 1,000 by year-end, the plant aims to contribute to the U.S. AI ecosystem. Wistron employed digital twin technology, including NVIDIA's Nemotron and Cosmos frontier models, to virtually design and simulate the plant before construction began. Huang emphasized the importance of AI factories as fundamental infrastructure for society, alongside traditional sectors like agriculture and transportation. The signing of the first NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip marked the beginning of the factory's operation, producing advanced AI systems in volume for the world to drive intelligence infrastructure.",
  "summary": "The AI era runs on AI infrastructure. Many of these advanced systems are built and tested in Texas. Wistron opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility today in Fort Worth — a 324,000-square-foot greenfield plant producing superchips at the heart of some of the world’s most capable AI systems. In front of an audience of Wistron […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}