Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: AI data center build-out could create 1 million jobs and reshape the US economy

Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang, sitting on a panel next to SpaceX (SPCX) and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk as corporate AI leaders spent most of the day at the White House, said the AI data center build-out will create "probably about a million jobs." Huang added that "this is the first time in probably … 50 years [that] we're re-industrializing the United States, creating a whole bunch of blue collar jobs."NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huan, right, and Elon Musk, during an event to mark the launch of the America.gov website, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington.