Nvidia Opens New R&D Center in Beersheba, Plans to Hire Hundreds
Nvidia officially inaugurated its new research and development center in Beersheba on Tuesday, completing its relocation to a larger site in the city. The new facility, located in the Gav Yam Hi-Tech Park, spans approximately 3,000 square meters, three times the size of the previous location, and currently houses over 150 employees. The building represents an investment of tens of millions of shekels, with annual rent of about 2.5 million shekels under a roughly 10-year lease. Nvidia plans to expand the center significantly by recruiting hundreds of additional workers in the coming years.
This Beersheba site is Nvidia's southernmost R&D center in Israel and joins its other centers in Yokneam, Tel Aviv, Ra'anana, and Tel Hai. It is the company's largest development center in the periphery and part of Nvidia's ongoing expansion in Israel. The teams at the new center focus on developing hardware and software technologies that support Nvidia's artificial intelligence infrastructure, including solutions for connecting thousands of chips and processors, enabling high-speed data transfer, and operating data centers that train and run AI models.
Nvidia currently employs over 6,000 people across five R&D centers in Israel. Since acquiring Mellanox in 2020, the company's Israeli workforce has tripled, and it now has more than 450 open positions nationwide. The inauguration ceremony featured Nvidia senior vice presidents Amit Krig, who manages the Israeli R&D centers, and Tamir Azarzar, senior VP of chip development, alongside Beersheba Mayor Rubik Danilovich.
Krig emphasized the center's foundation over a decade ago on faith in local talent and the synergy between academia, innovation, and industry. He highlighted the new site's role in strengthening the southern tech ecosystem, supporting young students, nurturing the next generation of engineers, and developing groundbreaking technologies that place Nvidia Israel at the forefront of the AI revolution. Mayor Danilovich described the opening as a remarkable vote of confidence in Beersheba, the Negev, and its growing human capital, underscoring the city's emergence as a major hub for innovation and artificial intelligence in Israel.
