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Jensen Huang's ‘Trillion-Dollar Dinner’ Highlights Taoyuan as AI Giants' Manufacturing Hub

1 reports · First detected 2026-06-19 · Last active 2026-06-19

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang hosted leaders of Taiwan's technology supply chain at a dinner in Taipei on January 18, 2025. The media dubbed it the “trillion-dollar dinner,” referring to the attendees' combined market capitalization rather than the cost of the meal or a single investment. The event underscored Taiwan's central role in the global generative AI hardware supply chain, spanning chips, servers and components.

A recent review found that about 70% of the supply-chain partners represented at the dinner have factories or operating sites in Taoyuan. With its extensive industrial zones, dense component supplier network and proximity to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the city links the upstream and downstream segments of AI server manufacturing. This has created an “AI one-hour ecosystem” in which procurement, delivery and technical support can be completed within about an hour, making Taoyuan a key manufacturing base in Taiwan for AI giants.

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Jensen Huang Hosts Taiwan ‘Trillion-Dollar Banquet’ for AI Supply-Chain Leaders2026-05-28 · 2 reports · similarity 0.82

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hosted a “trillion-dollar banquet” during a visit to Taiwan, bringing together corporate leaders from TSMC, Foxconn, Quanta and other companies. The guests represented businesses spanning semiconductor foundries, server assembly and critical components, underscoring Taiwan’s central role in global AI infrastructure. “Trillion-dollar” referred to the companies’ market capitalizations, not the value of a single transaction.

The latest gathering brought together leading figures from Taiwan’s AI supply chain, highlighting Nvidia’s close ties with local partners from chip manufacturing to systems integration. Funds subsequently poured into related stocks, and shares of several companies represented at the banquet hit their daily trading limits on the 29th, turning the industry gathering into a focus for Taiwan’s stock market.

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