GTC Paris, held alongside Europe’s largest tech event, VivaTech, CEO Jensen Huang delivered a clear message: Europe isn’t just adopting artificial intelligence, but building it. The chipmaker announced major partnerships and technological advances,

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.

Wearing his signature biker jacket and mobbed by fans for selfies, the Nvidia CEO cut the figure of a tech rockstar as he took the stage at VivaTech in Paris. “AI is the greatest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang said, kicking off one of Europe’s biggest technology industry fairs.

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

Nvidia and AI search firm Perplexity said they are joining hands with model builders and cloud providers across Europe and the Middle East to refine sovereign large-language models (LLMs) and accelerate enterprise AI uptake in local industries.

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.

Of the sites that Nvidia plans to build, five will be gigafactory-scale operations equipped with high-performance GPU clusters optimized for training

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced several AI infrastructure partnerships throughout Europe at GTC Paris on Wednesday

Nvidia has rebranded Lepton AI as DGX Cloud Lepton and relaunched it in June 2025. According to Nvidia, the service delivers a unified AI platform and compute marketplace that connects developers to tens of thousands of GPUs from a global network of cloud providers.

Nvidia stock fell early Friday, mirroring losses in the broader market. Even so, momentum around artificial-intelligence stocks remains strong. CEO Jensen Huang this week announced a flurry of initiatives during his European tour that could strengthen the chip maker’s position in the long run.