Feature · 10 November 2026

Nvidia's Taipei campus takes shape as its server builders' sales climb

Nvidia's Constellation headquarters now has its land and its contract, while eight Taiwan-listed server makers reported combined revenue up 66.2% on a year earlier.

At a ceremony in Taipei in May, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang unveiled Nvidia Constellation, the company's new overseas headquarters, and used the stage to ask the host for something. "Mayor, we could use more energy in Taiwan," he told Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an. "Human labor needs rice. But AI labor needs electricity." Nvidia already employs over 2,000 people in Taiwan, TaiwanPlus reported, while its global headquarters remains in Santa Clara, California. ⁴

The campus rests on a contract the city announced in February 2026. It sets a 50-year lease on the land rights, with a maximum extension of 20 years and royalties totalling NT$12.2 billion, Chiang said. Under a plan Nvidia submitted, construction is expected to cost more than NT$40 billion and create more than 10,000 jobs once the site is operating, he added. The city aimed to start building in June or July. "Taipei is Nvidia's home," Chiang told reporters. ²

Reaching that signature took several approvals and one cancelled contract. The Ministry of Economic Affairs approved Nvidia's application for a Taiwanese subsidiary, with NT$1 billion to be invested, the ministry said. The site, lots T17 and T18 in the Beitou-Shilin science park, was already spoken for: Shin Kong Life Insurance had won the surface rights in 2021 in a public tender but had not begun development. The city objected to letting the insurer hand the rights straight to Nvidia, citing concerns about potential profiteering, and asked for a mutual termination. It proposed a payment of NT$4.43 billion. ³

Behind the property deal sits the supply chain that turns Nvidia's designs into racks of servers. Taipei Ledger tracks 8 such companies in its AI servers and ODMs group: Hon Hai (2317), Quanta Computer (2382), Wiwynn (6669), Wistron (3231), Inventec (2356), Gigabyte (2376), Chenbro (8210), King Slide (2059). Their combined revenue for October 2026 was NT$2.38tn, up 66.2% on a year earlier and +7.9% on the previous month, making it the highest month in our data. For January to October 2026, the group booked NT$18.09tn, up 59.7% on the same months a year earlier. All of 2025 came to NT$14.43tn.

One member of that group has said more is coming. Wistron said AI server demand remains the core driver of its results and that shipments in November and December are expected to outpace October. ⁷ Construction on the campus is expected to begin this year, with operations planned for 2030, TaiwanPlus reported, and state-owned Taipower plans a substation near the park that officials say could supply up to 180 megawatts once completed. ⁴

Sources: 2. Taipei, Nvidia sign contract to build HQ in Beitou-Shilin park - Taipei Times · 3. MOEA approves Nvidia Taiwan subsidiary - Taipei Times · 4. Taiwan Welcomes Nvidia Constellation HQ - TaiwanPlus · 7. Wistron's First-Ten-Month Revenue Tops NT$3.29 Trillion, Setting Record High and Nearly Doubling Yea