Nvidia · Jensen Huang · Tom's Hardware
Nvidia pours in $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants
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This is exactly what Nvidia is doing by investing $300 million in Corning, enabling it to build three additional manufacturing facilities in the U.S. to produce optical fiber used to build AI data centers.
Key facts
- This is exactly what Nvidia is doing by investing $300 million in Corning, enabling it to build three additional manufacturing facilities in the U.S. to produce optical fiber used to build AI data
- As a result, Corning will increase its U.S. optical connectivity manufacturing output by a factor of 10 and expand domestic fiber production capacity by over 50%
- Modern AI workloads require hundreds of thousands of AI accelerators working in concert and moving data at unprecedented scale
- AI is driving the largest infrastructure buildout of our time, and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvigorate American manufacturing and supply chains," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO
Summary
When you have a dominant position in an industry, you should think not only about the competitiveness of your product, but also about eliminating bottlenecks in the sector to ensure smooth deployment of your hardware. The long-term agreement will see the construction of three new facilities in North Carolina and Texas to produce optical fiber, which will be supplied to builders of hyperscale data centers that deploy Nvidia AI hardware. Modern AI workloads require hundreds of thousands of AI accelerators working in concert and moving data at unprecedented scale. Corning is known for its expertise in glass science and optical physics and as the world's largest maker of optical cables with a 10.4% market share. "AI is driving the largest infrastructure buildout of our time, and a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvigorate American manufacturing and supply chains," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.