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A leading global electronics manufacturer says
it plans to establish a pair of factories.
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Focused on AI supercomputing in North Texas.
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Wistro, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer that
began as part of computer maker Acer,
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will invest over $760 million in the new
facilities, which are part of a broader effort
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by manufacturing partner and AI chip giant
Nvidia to bring $500 billion in AI
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supercomputer manufacturing to the US in the
coming years.
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The two sites will be housed at the Alliance.
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business park near Fort Worth.
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Wistro plans to invest $580 million to upgrade
a nearly 325,000 square foot facility to serve
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as its primary site, along with another larger
building that will see more than $181 million
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in additional renovations.
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Both plants are expected to be operational by
early 2026.
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They are expected to create more than 800 jobs
between them.
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Western officials said that the establishment
of manufacturing in the US would mark a
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critical step toward its overall global vision.
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The company, according to the Dallas Morning
News, says that supercomputers are the engines
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of a new type of data center created for the
sole purpose of processing artificial
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intelligence.
Fort Worth officials earlier this year approved
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$30 million in incentives for the project.
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The city was reportedly picked over competing
sites in El Paso,
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Nashville, and the Bay Area.
Western officials also credited North Texas’s
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talent pipeline, industrial ecosystem, and
logistics infrastructure.
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I’m Andy Zal.
This is Manufacturing Now.