Wistron Corp’s (緯創) new artificial intelligence (AI) park in Hsinchu County would focus on producing next-generation AI servers, with most of its capacity occupied by Nvidia Corp’s orders, company president Jeff Lin (林建勳) said yesterday.
The park in the county’s Jhubei City (竹北) is expected to become Wistron’s largest global AI server production base, Lin said.
In addition to the Jhubei park, Wistron operates an AI server production facility in Hsinchu County’s Hukou Township (湖口) and another in the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區).
Photo: Fang Wei-chieh, Taipei Times
The company’s total AI server production capacity in Taiwan is projected to double once the new Jhubei facility reaches full capacity in one to two years, Lin said.
Wistron in February acquired a plant in Jhubei from textile maker Lan Fa Textile Co (聯發), which is adjacent to the AI park.
“We are reorganizing the facility, which is expected to begin production next year once the process is completed,” he said.
The company’s AI server plants could eventually expand to 10, with capacity to be determined by client demand and regional deployment, Lin said.
Wistron’s seven AI factories produce 240,000 computers powered by Blackwell graphics processing units each quarter, he said.
Asked about the company’s server business outlook, Lin said demand remains strong and that he is positive on the company’s performance in the second half of the year.
Wistron has received robust orders through May next year, he added.
However, the prospect for the company’s PC business would depend on how US tariff policies unfold, Lin said.
This segment could still expand if the tariff impact is manageable, but the sharp appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the US dollar earlier last month might affect the company’s operational costs, he added.
Wistron’s board of directors last month approved a plan to build a new factory in Dallas, Texas.
The new facility is expected to begin mass production next year, with capacity to be scaled based on future orders, Lin said.
Texas would be a focus of the company’s US expansion drive, as it already operates a maintenance facility there with more than 1,000 employees, he said.
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