Nvidia cofounder and chief executive officer Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) yesterday stopped short of confirming that his company was going to set up an overseas headquarters in Taiwan, but did say it needed to expand its office space there.
"We have a lot of employees in Taiwan today, and the building is too small, so I have to do something about that... We're looking for real estate," he said at a press event at the CES show in Las Vegas when asked about the headquarters idea.
He added that he could "announce something" at Computex Taipei, which is slated for May 20 to 23.
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Huang had previously teased the idea of building a headquarters in Taiwan in June last year during Computex, without providing any further details.
In addition to visiting Taiwan during Computex, Huang said his next trip to Taiwan would be to attend the Lunar New Year year-end party of the Nvidia Taiwan office, which is scheduled for Friday next week.
It was an annual tradition for him that he looked forward to, he said.
With CES being held just two weeks before the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump, trade issues were also in the spotlight.
Responding to media concerns about a potential trade war, Huang said he was not concerned and "trusted that the administration will make the right choices," while asserting that Nvidia would "do the best we can to help customers."
He added that he would not rule out the possibility of meeting Trump in person.
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