NVIDIA CEO: US Should ‘Reduce Our Dependency’ on Other Countries for Manufacturing

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said he supports onshoring US manufacturing during a wide-ranging interview on Sunday with CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria.

Huang’ statement aligns with President Donald Trump’s priorities and carries the weight of NVIDIA’s dominance of the GPU market as the world’s first $4 trillion company.

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“That passion, the skill, the craft of making things; the ability to make things is valuable for economic growth — it’s value for a stable society with people who can create a wonderful life and a wonderful career without having to get a PhD in physics,” Huang said.

He specifically mentioned the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is one of the major fabrication companies behind NVIDIA chips. Building chips in the US would help reduce pressure on Taiwan, CNN reported Huang as saying. TSMC has already built a plant in Phoenix, Arizona. In March 2025, TSMC added a $100 billion investment to build data centers in the US to its overall commitments of $160 billion in US sites ...