NVIDIA expands across Europe with major AI infrastructure deals, focusing on sovereign AI to offset China losses and boost local tech development.

Nvidia announced a slew of partnerships with European firms on Wednesday spanning infrastructure to software. Nvidia is looking to unlock new markets and keep itself at the center of the global artificial intelligence story.

Nvidia announced a flurry of alliances with European companies and governments that extend its influence in AI across the continent.

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang projected that Europe’s artificial-intelligence computing capacity will increase by a factor of ten over the next two years, with more than 20 so-called AI factories in the works.

Nvidia and artificial intelligence search firm Perplexity on Wednesday said they are partnering with more than a dozen AI firms in Europe and the Middle East to refine those firms' AI technologies and distribute them to local businesses.

The chip giant and AI search startup are offering specialized AI models for European users, aiming to widen their reach in the region.

Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia will join forces to build an industrial artificial intelligence cloud for European manufacturers in Germany, the first of its kind, the companies said on Friday. Implementation of the industrial AI cloud is to take place by 2026 at the latest,

The EBU has partnered with NVIDIA to build soveriegn AI and cloud frameworks for its members.

Nvidia will build its first artificial intelligence cloud platform for industrial applications in Germany, CEO Jensen Huang said at the VivaTech conference in Paris on Wednesday. The technology, which will combine AI with robotics,