Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump’s plan to make US an AI hub backfires - Ars Technica
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has announced the company will spend up to $150B annually with Taiwanese AI suppliers, doubling down on Taiwan as the epicenter of its supply chain despite Trump administration pressure to onshore manufacturing. This entrenches TSMC and key Taiwanese component makers as irreplaceable Nvidia partners while raising the geopolitical risk premium on the entire supply chain and undermining the 'US AI reshoring' narrative.
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Fade the NVDA pop on Taiwan headlines — geopolitical concentration risk is structurally underpriced here; long TSM as the direct beneficiary of $150B committed spend.