Wistron Corp (緯創) yesterday said that its board of directors approved a plan to inject an additional US$45 million in capital for its US subsidiary WisLab EMS Corp, as well as authorizing capital expenditure of US$55.9 million to upgrade WisLab’s factories to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) server production.
California-based WisLab has conducted pilot runs of AI server production, a Wistron official told the Taipei Times by telephone.
The capital injection aims to boost its capabilities in research and development (R&D), and testing and mass production of advanced servers, the official said.
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The upgrade would expand the California site’s production scale, they said.
The plant, originally used to produce medical and industrial control products, would be shifted to technically demanding AI server development, while a site in Dallas, Texas, would handle higher-volume assembly, the official said.
The capital injection is not directly tied to concerns over potential US tariffs on Taiwanese goods, but aims to improve client cooperation, while Wistron continues to mitigate tariff risks through its global deployment, they added.
In early May, Wistron injected US$455 million into its Dallas-based subsidiary Wistron InfoComm (USA) Corp to expand capacity, undertake facility improvements and procure machinery at its Westport and Eagle sites, which are to handle large-scale production and after-sales services, with mass production set for the first quarter next year.
Aside from the US deployment, Wistron has also been expanding its local production sites.
Wistron last month inaugurated a new AI park in Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City (竹北), with the site expected to become its largest global production base for AI servers within one to two years.
Most of the capacity in Jhubei would be for Nvidia Corp orders and the site would potentially increase its total of AI server facilities to 10.
The park inauguration was followed by a groundbreaking ceremony for a new R&D center in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖) on Monday.
The company on Monday said it has not observed clients adjusting front-loading schedules or requesting supply shifts following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs of up to 30 percent on Mexican goods.
The firm has contingency plans in place, it added.
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