Nvidia set to become Israel’s largest tech employer
Around 20% of the chip giant's global revenue now flows through Israel as major campus expansion accelerates
US chip giant Nvidia is on course to become the largest private technology employer in Israel, as it significantly expands its research and development footprint in the country.
The company, currently the world’s most valuable publicly traded firm, is significantly increasing hiring and infrastructure investment across Israel, with a new large-scale campus planned that will be its biggest site outside the United States.
Nvidia’s Israeli operations have become central to the company’s global performance. According to reports, approximately 20 percent of Nvidia’s global revenue this year – estimated at around $40 billion – is attributed to its Israel-based activity, particularly in high-performance networking and AI data centre technologies.
A key driver of Nvidia’s Israeli growth has been its networking division, built on the 2020 acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, the Israeli chip company co-founded by Israeli entrepreneur Eyal Waldman. Waldman led Mellanox until its sale to Nvidia for a reported $6.9 billion.
The Israeli division, largely managed from Israel by senior executives including Michael Kagan and Amit Krig, has become one of Nvidia’s fastest-growing business lines.
In its latest results, the Israeli unit posted triple-digit year-on-year growth and accounted for roughly 16 per cent of Nvidia’s total global revenue last year, underscoring the scale of Israel’s contribution to the company’s AI infrastructure strategy.
Today, Nvidia employs thousands of engineers and developers across multiple Israeli sites, and the planned expansion is expected to further boost headcount, potentially placing it ahead of other long-established multinational tech employers in the country.
The company has announced plans for a massive new Israeli research centre reinforcing its long-term commitment to the country’s AI ecosystem. The new R&D campus in Kiryat Tivon will house up to 10,000 employees, positioning Israel as Nvidia’s largest base outside the US and cementing its status as a global AI development centre.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has previously described Israel as one of the company’s most important innovation hubs, citing the depth of engineering talent and the strength of its semiconductor and systems architecture expertise.
The expansion comes at a time when artificial intelligence infrastructure has become the defining engine of global tech growth and industry analysts say the scale of Nvidia’s hiring and infrastructure plans sends a strong signal about international confidence in Israel’s innovation base, particularly in high-performance computing, semiconductor design and AI systems.
With billions in projected revenue flowing through its Israeli activity and a rapidly growing workforce, Nvidia’s expansion marks a new chapter in the country’s role within the global technology supply chain, not just as a startup nation, but as a central pillar in the world’s most valuable AI company.
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