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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang compared artificial intelligence to the Industrial Revolution in a Thursday appearance on Fox News's "The Will Cain Show," arguing the technology will create jobs rather than eliminate them and that the United States should remain at the forefront of its development.
Huang credited AI-driven infrastructure expansion with generating roughly half a million jobs to date — spanning electricians, welders, and construction workers building chip plants and data centers — and projected further growth ahead.
$2 Billion Coherent Investment Anchors Texas Manufacturing Push Accompanying Will Cain on a tour of a manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, Huang highlighted Nvidia's $2 billion investment in Coherent, a software company that manufactures lasers and optics used in advanced technologies.
Coherent CEO Jim Anderson said production at the Sherman plant is expected to quadruple over the next 12 to 18 months, a timeline that illustrates how quickly AI hardware demand is translating into domestic industrial activity.
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