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OpenAI and Taiwan’s Foxconn to partner in AI hardware design and manufacturing in the US

OpenAI and Foxconn will co-develop AI server hardware at Foxconn’s U.S. plants to secure supply chains and support growing AI infrastructure demand, said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

  • On Thursday, OpenAI and Taiwan's Foxconn announced a U.S. partnership to design and build AI data center components, using Foxconn's facilities in Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Indiana to secure long-term capacity.
  • OpenAI's infrastructure buildout and dealmaking drive the partnership, with Foxconn diversifying into EVs and electronics, adding a U.S. manufacturing layer this month.
  • Co-Developing multiple generations of AI servers, OpenAI and Foxconn will manufacture core components including cabling, networking, power and cooling systems, with OpenAI having early access and no purchase commitments.
  • Foxconn reported quarterly gains, with net profit rising to just over 57.6 billion new Taiwan dollars, and shares rose 25% this year, despite investor concerns.
  • History and sector alliances frame this deal: Foxconn's 2018 Wisconsin flat-panel project failed, now hosting an AI data center, amid ties to Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom, as OpenAI's dealmaking blitz intensifies.
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OpenAI and Taiwanese electronic giant Foxconn have agreed on a partnership to design and manufacture key equipment for artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S. as part of ambitious plans to strengthen U.S. AI infrastructure. Foxconn, who manufactures AI servers for Nvidia and assembles Apple products, including iPhone, will be co-designing and developing racks for AI data centers with OpenAI under the agreement, companies said in separat…

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