Nvidia continues broadening its Israeli footprint. The company announced Sunday it will move its Beersheba research and development center to a new location three times the size of the existing facility. The new site at Gav-Yam's high-tech park in the city, covering roughly 3,000 square meters (32,292 square feet), is projected to reach full operational capacity by the end of the first half of 2026.
This marks Nvidia's southernmost location in Israel, complementing the established development centers in Tel Aviv, Ra'anana, Yokneam, Mevo Carmel, and Tel Hai. Alongside the expansion, Nvidia intends to hire hundreds of additional staff in the southern area, including chip developers, hardware and software engineers, architects, students, and advanced degree holders.
The existing teams at the facility and incoming personnel will participate in developing cutting-edge hardware and software for AI networking, including NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet, Quantum-X InfiniBand, NVLink, ConnectX and BlueField DPUs products, along with central processing units for data centers and additional technologies.
Nvidia employs over 5,000 people in Israel. According to the company, since purchasing Mellanox in 2020, Nvidia's Israeli workforce has more than doubled, with the company maintaining expansion through hundreds of available positions nationwide.
"Expanding Nvidia's development center in Beersheba demonstrates our dedication to accessing the finest engineers, regardless of their location," said Amit Krig, senior vice president at Nvidia and director of Nvidia's development center in Israel. "The new facility will function as a professional home for hundreds of additional developers from Beersheba and surrounding communities, who will participate in creating groundbreaking hardware and software technologies and drive global innovation in artificial intelligence."
"Opening Nvidia's new facility and tripling its activities in the city constitutes significant and vital news for Beersheba and the Negev," said Ruvik Danilovich, mayor of Beersheba. "This choice reflects trust in the Beersheba ecosystem, and will generate hundreds of new employment opportunities that will bolster the city's human capital and cement Beersheba's position as a premier innovation hub."
