Trump also reiterated his support for the rapid expansion of data centres – the crucial computing infrastructure that powers AI.
The rollout of data centres has drawn pushback around the country over concerns about electricity usage and their potential impact on from communities.
Data centre construction has also emerged as a potential political obstacle for Trump’s Republican party ahead of the US midterm elections in November.
A survey conducted by Marist Poll in partnership with NPR and PBS News, external earlier this month found that 65% of registered voters opposed data centres being built in their areas.
Responding to those concerns, Trump said tech companies would work to make people “happy” about the construction of data centres.
“These big, powerful, very rich, very smart companies are going to be making massive contributions to communities,” Trump told reporters.
Trump previously said on social media that the only reason communities in the US should oppose data centres is if they “want to end up being backwards and poor”.
“The good news is that there are plenty of other places that want them. If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame,” he said.
Huang from Nvidia, which produces computer chips essential for running AI, said after the meeting that data centres should be called “super intelligence factories”.
These facilities are “reindustrialising the United States”, creating jobs across the economy, he added.
