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title: Taiwan Contract Manufacturer Wistron Opens First US Factory to Mass-Produce NVIDIA's Most Advanced AI Chips
description: Wistron opened a $700 million smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, the first US site to mass-produce NVIDIA's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip.
author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-07-24T11:39:13.978Z
updated: 2026-07-24T11:39:13.987Z
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On July 21, 2026, Wistron opened its D1 AI smart facility in Fort Worth, Texas, a 324,000-square-foot plant that has already begun mass production of NVIDIA's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip, marking the first time that chip has been built and mass-produced in the United States. The facility cost $700 million and creates 800 jobs.

Wistron, a Taiwan-based contract manufacturer with more than 63,000 employees across North America, Europe, and Asia, has produced hardware for major technology firms for decades. The Fort Worth plant is the company's first manufacturing facility on US soil. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Wistron Chairman Simon Lin led the opening ceremony, joined by Fort Worth economic development officials and Taiwan's US representative.

NVIDIA positions the facility within what it calls its "Reindustrializing America" initiative. Huang said: "The largest infrastructure buildout in history is underway. Demand for AI factories is incredible, and they must be produced everywhere. Together, NVIDIA and Wistron are restoring US advanced manufacturing capacity in Texas, creating skilled jobs and strengthening America's AI supply chain."

## What the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip Means for US AI Supply Chain

The GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra is NVIDIA's current flagship AI accelerator, designed for large-scale AI training and inference workloads. Until the Fort Worth facility came online, mass production of this chip generation had no US-based home. Domestic AI chip production matters to data centre operators, cloud providers, and government agencies that prioritise supply chain security, since chips manufactured abroad carry logistics risk and, in some policy contexts, procurement restrictions.

Wistron says the facility is also slated to produce NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin Superchip, which would make Fort Worth a production site for at least two successive chip generations. Lin described the location's trajectory: "In the next couple of years, this location will be one of the most important as we build AI infrastructure here in the United States."

## How Wistron's Fort Worth Factory Operates

The D1 facility runs on NVIDIA accelerated computing and uses Nemotron and Cosmos open frontier models alongside Omniverse and Metropolis libraries for digital twin optimisation. Digital twin technology creates a virtual replica of the physical factory, allowing engineers to simulate workflow changes and identify bottlenecks before implementing them on the floor. Wistron says the approach compresses the time required to stand up and refine a high-complexity manufacturing environment.

Lin described the operational demands: "The operation here is not typical manufacturing. It is new, very comprehensive, and high-tech." He added: "In the AI era, the pressure of speed is also a form of responsibility. We don't just need to build fast; we need to build right."

> "The largest infrastructure buildout in history is underway. Together, NVIDIA and Wistron are restoring US advanced manufacturing capacity in Texas."
> — Jensen Huang, CEO, NVIDIA

## One Factory, and the Limits of What It Settles

A single plant, however significant, does not rebalance a supply chain built over decades. The semiconductor and AI hardware ecosystem remains heavily concentrated in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan at the wafer fabrication level. What Wistron's Fort Worth facility represents is the assembly and testing tier, which sits downstream of chip fabrication. The GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra is assembled and mass-produced at this facility, but the underlying wafers and components still move through an international supply chain before arriving in Texas.

That distinction shapes what the opening does and does not prove. It demonstrates that complex AI server manufacturing in the United States is operationally viable at scale. It does not, on its own, resolve the deeper question of whether domestic AI chip production can be extended upstream to fabrication. That depends on investment decisions, policy support, and timelines that reach beyond any single facility.

What Fort Worth establishes is a data point. Whether it becomes a pattern is the question the industry will answer over the next several years.

Find out more at [wistron.com](https://www.wistron.com).

## FAQ

**Q: What does Wistron make for NVIDIA?**
Wistron assembles and tests NVIDIA AI systems under contract. At its Fort Worth, Texas facility, it mass-produces the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip and plans to produce the NVIDIA Vera Rubin Superchip. The facility integrates NVIDIA accelerated computing and is designed to support NVIDIA DSX infrastructure.

**Q: What is the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip?**
The GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra is NVIDIA's most advanced AI accelerator chip generation as of mid-2026, built for demanding AI training and inference tasks. Wistron's Fort Worth plant is the first site in the United States to mass-produce it.

**Q: What are Wistron's main products and services?**
Wistron is a Taiwan-based contract manufacturer that designs and builds hardware for major technology companies, including servers, notebooks, and AI infrastructure systems. With more than 63,000 employees across North America, Europe, and Asia, the company handles manufacturing at scale for clients across the technology sector.