According to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, all American businesses will eventually require or transform into artificial intelligence factories, or businesses that generate both AI and goods, and in the process, they will generate skilled jobs in the United States.
Huang told on Wednesday that “there will be a digital version of everything that we make in the future, just like we make physical cars today.” “So, in order to develop the AI model that powers the car, you need an AI factory.”
Nvidia has pushed the idea of an AI factory at previous events, which is a facility that processes data and produces intelligence. It can also be thought of as a kind of one-stop shop for chips, software, design, and networking infrastructure made for AI.
Huang stated that since the chip giant is the “engine” underlying the AI infrastructure, Nvidia gains from the establishment of these AI factories. “Tokens,” he continued, referring to the tiny data units that AI models spew out, “come out of the factories like electricity.”
The remarks made by the head of Nvidia took place at the Hill and Valley Forum, a one-day event that was organized by Jacob Helberg, President Trump’s choice for undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment.
Known for his tough stance on China, Helberg has cautioned that businesses need to prepare their supply networks for a potential escalation of U.S.-Chinese hostilities.
Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI chips, which contributed to the AI boom, are still being targeted by Washington because they are being sold to China. When the U.S. government announced earlier this month that it would need export licenses for certain processors manufactured by rival AMD and Nvidia, the chip giant threatened to face a $5.5 billion fine.
“Policymakers need to realize that we should be accelerating, supporting, and promoting the American AI industry around the world,” Huang said when asked specifically about the government’s chip export limitations on Wednesday.
Huang will speak in a closed-door roundtable hosted by the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday about Nvidia’s business operations and adherence to U.S. export regulations, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The roundtable is a part of a series of discussions between export control professionals and parliamentarians.
Expanding on the notion that AI factories will become a standard for American businesses, Huang added that the surge in data center development in the US will generate skilled jobs in fields like networking, information technology, and construction.
In order to develop a nation, he continued, our nation must recognize that trade craft is honorable labor.
It is the first time that AI supercomputers will be manufactured exclusively in the United States, according to Nvidia, which revealed this month that it will begin producing them there.
Huang expressed his happiness on Wednesday that the government is actively promoting the industry’s onshore manufacturing. “A huge industry would be left behind if we don’t improve our manufacturing skills.”
