By Karoline Leonard
Publication Date: 2026-05-08 10:00:00
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaks with a Disney robot during an Nvidia conference focusing on artificial intelligence in San Jose, Calif., on March 16. The artificial intelligence chipmaker announced a partnership with glassmaker Corning to build three new factories in North Carolina and Texas, creating more than 3,000 new jobs.
The world’s most valuable company might bring thousands of jobs to Austin as Nvidia ups its investment in Texas.
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia Corp. and glassmaker Corning Inc. announced plans to build three new plants dedicated to manufacturing light and glass technologies for AI manufacturing in North Carolina and Texas.
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A sign for a Nvidia office building is shown in Santa Clara, Calif. The artificial intelligence chipmaker announced a partnership with glassmaker Corning to build three new factories in North Carolina and Texas, creating more than 3,000 new jobs.
The companies, which both have significant business ties to the Austin area, promised to create more than 3,000 jobs at the factories.
“(Nvidia’s) commitment is directly fueling the expansion of our U.S. manufacturing footprint and creating more than 3,000 new, high-paying jobs for American workers,” Corning CEO Wendell Weeks said in the announcement. “This partnership is proof that AI is not just a technology story. It is a manufacturing story, and it is happening here in the United States.”
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