Arvind Krishna, General Director of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), during the Bloomberg television intelligence at the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
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IBM On Monday, he announced that he would invest $ 150 billion in the USA in the next five years, including over $ 30 billion for the development of American production Mainframe and Quantum computers.
“We are focusing on American workplaces and production since our establishment 114 years ago, and thus investment and production involvement we ensure that IBM remains the epicenter of the most advanced calculations and AI in the world”, IBM CEO “, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna he said issue.
The company's announcement comes a few weeks after the president Donald Trump He presented a long -range and aggressive “mutual” tariff policy to increase production in the USA from the end of April, Trump Released tokensand also smartphonesIN computersand other devices and technological components from tariffs.
IBM said that his investment would help accelerate the role of America as a global leader in terms of calculations and fueling the economy. The company said that it runs “the world's largest fleet of quantum computer systems” and will continue to build and install in the USA.
Competitor IBM NvidiaChipmaker, which was the main benefactor Artificial intelligence Boom, he announced similar emphasis at the beginning of this month to create his own Nvidia there Supercomputers completely in the USA
NVIDIA plans to produce up to $ 500 billion in AI infrastructure in the USA through production partnership over the next four years.
Last week, IBM reported The first quarter results were better than expected. The company announced that it generated $ 14.54 billion in this period, over $ 14.4 billion expected by analysts. IBM net income dropped to USD 1.06 billion, i.e. $ 1.12 per share, from USD 1.61 billion, i.e. USD 1.72 per share, in the same quarter a year ago.
The IBM Infrastructure Department, which includes Mainframe computers, published $ 2.89 billion revenues for a quarter, overcoming expectations of USD 2.76 billion.
The company has announced a new one Z17 Ai mainframe at the beginning of this month.
– – Jordan Novet from CNBC contributed to this report.