Nvidia will build its first artificial intelligence cloud platform for industrial use in Germany, CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday in Paris.
The system will support carmakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz in areas such as product design simulation and logistics management.
The company also plans to expand technology centers in seven European countries and launch a compute marketplace for regional businesses. Nvidia will help develop AI models in local languages and support pharmaceutical companies, including Novo Nordisk, in drug discovery.
Huang said Nvidia will increase Europe’s AI computing capacity tenfold in two years. He added, “Europe has now awakened to the importance of AI factories and the importance of the AI infrastructure.” He outlined plans to build 20 AI factories in Europe—large data centers that develop, train, and deploy AI models.
In March, the European Commission announced a $20 billion investment to construct four AI factories.
Nvidia is working with European AI firm Mistral to deliver AI computing that uses 18,000 of its latest chips. “Sovereign AI is an imperative—no company, industry, or nation can outsource its intelligence,” Huang said.
He also said quantum computing is reaching a key moment. The technology may solve problems that would take Nvidia’s best AI systems years to process. “Quantum computing will solve some interesting problems,” he said.
Huang made similar statements in March and reversed a January claim that useful quantum computers were 20 years away.
