Jensen Huang admits Nvidia can only fill about 70% of current demand, and Taiwan's government just backed a multibillion-dollar bet that moving suppliers to Texas soil changes that equation for both Nvidia and TSMC.
Jensen Huang admits Nvidia can only fill about 70% of current demand, and Taiwan's government just backed a multibillion-dollar bet that moving suppliers to Texas soil changes that equation for both Nvidia and TSMC.
Supply is the tightest constraint on Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction). On its August 26, 2026 earnings call, CEO Jensen Huang said, “our entire supply chain is challenged,” and Taiwan now wants to move part of that chain to Texas.
In remarks reported October 16, 2026, Taiwan’s economics minister, Kung Ming-hsin, spoke. He said the government supports a plan for U.S. industrial parks, starting in Texas, with the first complex costing up to $4 billion. The parks target smaller suppliers that serve Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) and AI server assemblers such as Foxconn, placing them near Nvidia and other data center hardware makers.
The two names dropped on October 15, 2026, during a wider tech selloff over AI funding worries. Nvidia closed at $217.23, down 1.84%, and TSMC’s U.S. shares closed at $422.25, down 1.80%.
If you own either stock, the question is whether a supplier park matters to companies this large. It matters more to TSMC’s U.S. ecosystem than to Nvidia’s earnings.
What Taiwan Has Committed
The plan is a statement of intent, backed by government support. The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, an industry group, is expected to raise the money, and the government will offer loan guarantees, visas, and land access.
Kung Ming-hsin put each site’s estimated cost at $2 billion to $4 billion, and the government wants more than one U.S. location but has not set a number. Nvidia, TSMC and Foxconn have made no commitment to the parks, and no participating suppliers, schedule or customer contracts were named.
What Nvidia Gains From Local Suppliers
AI servers rely on smaller makers of power supplies, cooling systems, circuit boards, connectors and chassis. Placing them near U.S. assembly cuts shipping time and tariff exposure, which also helps Nvidia’s standing in Washington (we profiled seven of these non-chip AI infrastructure suppliers, from power to cooling, in a free report you can grab here).
Averytin News Financial update.