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AI Boom Drives Corning, NVIDIA Open 3 Factories, 3,000 Jobs

7/2/2026

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Corning Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. opened three optical manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas, creating 3,000 jobs and expanding Corning’s U.S. optical capacity tenfold.
Wendell Weeks, Corning chairman, CEO and president, said the AI boom is driving the company’s fastest growth in two centuries and could double its size.
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA chief executive, warned AI will reshape work like the Revolution and urged the United States to lead.

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Corning Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. opened three optical manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas, creating 3,000 jobs and expanding Corning’s U.S. optical capacity tenfold.
Wendell Weeks, Corning chairman, CEO and president, said the AI boom is driving the company’s fastest growth in two centuries and could double its size.
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA chief executive, warned AI will reshape work like the Revolution and urged the United States to lead.