Foxconn and Nvidia are building a $1.4 billion super-computing centre in Taiwan by H1 2026- a bold move into AI hardware scale for the assembly giant.
Foxconn isn’t just assembling phones anymore. It’s stepping up its game. Partnering with Nvidia is no small feat. Especially, to build a 27-megawatt, $1.4 billion advanced GPU cluster in Taiwan. And promised for completion by the first half of 2026.
It’s more than a data centre announcement.
It marks a strategic pivot. Foxconn, known as THE contract manufacturer behind smartphones, is now positioning itself as a provider of high-end AI infrastructure. Nvidia’s GB300 chips will power these clusters and will be Asia’s first such facility.
The logic is solid: hardware demand for AI is surging, cloud and compute services firms are hungry, and economies of scale matter. As Nvidia put it, building individual facilities may soon be less economical than renting compute as a service.
Foxconn clearly wants a seat at that table. But it comes with risks.
Execution is ambitious.
The setup demands steady power, cooling, and sourcing of cutting-edge chips. And matching the rapid pace of AI demand. Any delay or mismatch could undercut returns. For Foxconn, already moving beyond electronics into electric vehicles and AI infrastructure, this is a bet on further diversification.
In short, Foxconn is challenging conventional roles.
It’s not just making hardware for others anymore. It’s building the hardware others will rely on. If this lands on time and at scale, Foxconn could rewrite its identity. If not, it may have bitten off more than the succeeding assembly line.
