Foxconn to build 'AI factories' using Nvidia chips and software

FILE PHOTO: Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-way speaks on stage during the company's annual Tech Day in Taipei, Taiwan, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, will build a new kind of data centre using Nvidia chips and software for a range of applications including self-driving cars, the companies said on Wednesday.

Sharing a stage at Foxconn's annual tech showcase in Taipei, Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-way and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said their companies were building these "AI factories" together.