IBM promises $150 billion to increase computer manufacturing and tech growth in the United States

Over the next five years, IBM Corporation plans to invest $150 billion in the United States, including over $30 billion to expand mainframe and quantum computer manufacturing in the country. The company made this announcement on Monday.

Weeks after President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive and aggressive «reciprocal» tariff program to increase American manufacturing, the business made its announcement. Trump has exempted processors from the tariffs as of late April, along with computers, smartphones, and other electronic components and equipment.

According to IBM, the investment will boost the economy and help America become a worldwide leader in computing more quickly. According to the press release, the company claims to have the «largest fleet of quantum computer systems in the world» and will keep producing and assembling them in the United States.

Earlier this month, Nvidia, a rival of IBM and the chipmaker that has mostly benefited from the artificial intelligence boom, announced a similar initiative to manufacture all of its NVIDIA AI supercomputers in the United States.

Over the next four years, Nvidia intends to use its manufacturing alliances to manufacture up to $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure in the United States.