According to a Reuters report, NVIDIA and its contract manufacturing partner Foxconn are interested in deploying humanoid robots to build servers in the latter's plant in Houston, Texas. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang shifted the conversation surrounding his firm's GPUs earlier this year when he pointed out that the latest chips, called Blackwell, are also designed to process data used for humanoid robots to function. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is another humanoid proponent, as he hopes to rely on them to produce cars. The Reuters report suggests that the robots will manufacture NVIDIA's Blackwell AI servers and mark the first time Foxconn uses humanoid robots.
NVIDIA & Foxconn Purportedly Gearing Up To Build AI Servers With Humanoid Robots
According to the details, NVIDIA and Foxconn are discussing using humanoid robots to build NVIDIA's AI servers in Foxconn's Houston factory. Tesla has also expressed interest in these robots, aiming to deploy them in its factories by the end of this year. The Trump administration's goal of simulating domestic production has forced firms like Foxconn and NVIDIA to produce their products on US soil.
Foxconn is purportedly investing $450 million in its Houston facility after acquiring land for the site earlier this year. President Trump's tariffs, particularly on Mexico, have also impacted the data center supply chain since most equipment was manufactured or assembled in the country due to cost advantages.
Reuters' sources believe that the robots could be deployed at the Houston plant after being finalized over the coming months. Foxconn partnered with China's UBTECH earlier this year to develop humanoid robots that could potentially be deployed in its factories. Some of Foxconn's largest factories, particularly those responsible for assembling Apple's iPhone, are located in China. Whether Foxconn will use UBTECH's robots in the Houston facility is unclear, while NVIDIA is already a key player in the humanoid industry due to its GPUs and cloud software platforms.
The firm announced earlier this week that it had partnered with HEXAGON to provide the measurement technology company with its DGX, AGX and Omniverse platforms to build the AEON humanoid robot. AEON can be deployed in various settings, such as industrial and automotive production to carry heavy loads, measure defects and conduct other operations.
The sources were unaware which robots Foxconn would deploy in its factory. However, the robots will build NVIDIA's GB300 Blackwell servers for artificial intelligence use cases. These servers are NVIDIA's latest and highest-performing AI products. The firm's GB300 NVL72 platform combines 72 of the latest Blackwell AI GPUs with 36 NVIDIA-designed CPUs to create one of the most powerful AI servers in the world.
Foxconn is interested in deploying the robots in its Houston facility due to the factory's size and age. NVIDIA will benefit from the deployment in any case as a growth in humanoids can create additional demand for its chips, which are currently used primarily for AI applications and use cases.
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