European nations are securing their position in the global artificial intelligence race through a comprehensive infrastructure partnership with NVIDIA that will deliver unprecedented computing power across the continent. NVIDIA reported that France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom have committed to deploying more than 3,000 exaflops of NVIDIA Blackwell systems to support sovereign AI development.
The ambitious initiative, announced Wednesday at NVIDIA GTC Paris during VivaTech, represents one of the largest coordinated AI infrastructure investments in European history. NVIDIA noted that the deployment will enable European enterprises, startups and public sector organizations to securely develop, train and deploy advanced AI applications while maintaining data sovereignty within regional borders.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang emphasized the transformative nature of the investment during the announcement. "Every industrial revolution begins with infrastructure. AI is the essential infrastructure of our time, just as electricity and the internet once were," Huang stated. "With bold leadership from Europe's governments and industries, AI will drive transformative innovation and prosperity for generations to come."
French President Emmanuel Macron highlighted his nation's commitment to the technological advancement. "France is committed to investing in AI to strengthen our economy, benefit our citizens and uphold our values," Macron explained. "By working closely with our nation's leading technology innovators and NVIDIA, we are equipping researchers, entrepreneurs and public institutions with the tools they need to explore new ideas, tackle complex challenges and help shape the future of AI for France."
The comprehensive deployment strategy involves multiple technology and cloud providers working alongside telecommunications companies to establish robust AI infrastructure. According to NVIDIA, partners including Domyn, Mistral AI, Nebius and Nscale will collaborate with telecommunications providers Orange, Swisscom, Telefónica and Telenor to create an integrated ecosystem spanning multiple European nations.
UK Tech Secretary Peter Kyle outlined Britain's strategic vision for the partnership. "Just as coal and electricity once defined our past, AI is defining our future," Kyle declared. "NVIDIA's expansion of its technology center here in the UK will be vital in helping us to deliver on our AI ambitions, and their partnership in building the capabilities that will transform our AI Growth Zones into engines of opportunity. This is our Plan for Change in action, bringing together leading innovators to build the compute infrastructure that will drive growth across every region and secure the UK's place as a global AI leader in the age of AI."
France's implementation will feature Mistral AI collaborating with NVIDIA to construct an end-to-end cloud platform powered by 18,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems in the initial phase. NVIDIA reported that expansion plans include multiple additional sites throughout 2026, enabling organizations across Europe to rapidly develop and deploy AI applications using optimized Mistral AI models and validated AI factory designs.
The United Kingdom's approach involves NVIDIA working with cloud partners Nebius and Nscale to unlock advanced AI capabilities for enterprises of all sizes. During London Tech Week, the cloud providers announced their first phase development plans to deploy 14,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs powering new data centers, making scalable and secure AI infrastructure widely accessible throughout the UK.
Germany will host the world's first industrial AI cloud specifically designed for European manufacturers. NVIDIA noted that this AI factory will utilize NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers featuring 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, enabling Europe's industrial leaders to accelerate manufacturing applications from design and engineering to simulation, factory digital twins and robotics integration.
Italy's Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso emphasized the strategic importance of the collaboration. "This agreement represents a strategic step toward strengthening Italy's technological sovereignty and ensuring that our businesses have secure and competitive access to data management," Urso stated. "The collaboration with top-tier partners such as NVIDIA and Domyn confirms the government's commitment in supporting high-level alliances to foster innovation and the competitiveness of the national production system."
Italian implementation will see NVIDIA partnering with Domyn and the government to advance sovereign AI capabilities. Domyn is developing its Large Colosseum reasoning model on its supercomputer Colosseum, utilizing NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchips in alignment with its mission to support regulated industries in AI adoption.
The telecommunications sector plays a crucial role in the infrastructure expansion. NVIDIA reported that Orange is accelerating enterprise-grade AI development, including agentic AI, large language models and personal AI assistants, using Orange Business' Cloud Avenue built on high-performance NVIDIA infrastructure.
Fastweb has introduced MIIA, an Italian language model supporting generative AI applications, trained and running on its NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputer. Telenor is expanding sovereign AI infrastructure in Norway with a new renewable-powered data center while hosting a partner's multilingual AI translation service available in over 100 languages.
Swisscom is launching new AI services, including GenAI Studio and AI Workhub hosted on its sovereign AI NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD-based infrastructure, empowering Swiss enterprises to rapidly build and scale AI applications. Telefónica is piloting a distributed edge AI fabric across Spain with hundreds of NVIDIA GPUs to deliver low-latency, privacy-focused AI services.
NVIDIA is establishing and expanding AI technology centers across Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, the UK and Finland. These centers build upon NVIDIA's history of collaborating with academic institutions and industry through the NVIDIA AI Technology Center program and NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute to develop AI workforce capabilities and scientific discovery throughout the regions.
The Bavarian AI center in Germany, intended for establishment in collaboration with the Bayern KI consortium, will advance research in fields including digital medicine, stable diffusion AI and open-source robotics platforms to foster global collaboration. The Sweden AI center will advance world-class AI research with support from NVIDIA experts and hands-on NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute training for upskilling purposes.
Italy's AI center will expand to include new AI factory deployments with the CINECA consortium, while Spain's AI center will expand to include a new AI factory with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The UK AI center will accelerate Britain's most groundbreaking research in embodied AI, materials science and Earth systems modeling.
Finland's AI center enables researchers to accelerate AI research and applications for computer vision, machine learning and AI for science. NVIDIA noted that these strategic initiatives across Europe build on NVIDIA investments in building AI infrastructure worldwide, including in Taiwan and the Middle East.
The comprehensive European deployment represents a fundamental shift toward digital sovereignty while maintaining competitive advantages in global AI development. Building AI infrastructure requires strategic investment in advanced systems, land and facilities, sustainable energy access, skilled experts and partnerships, according to NVIDIA reporting on the initiative's scope.
These deployments will provide European organizations with the computational resources necessary for developing and deploying agentic and physical AI applications while keeping data and processing within regional boundaries. The infrastructure will support everything from basic research and development to large-scale commercial applications across multiple industry sectors.
The timeline for implementation varies by country and specific deployment, with infrastructure development already underway in several locations. NVIDIA reported that the multi-phase approach allows for systematic expansion while ensuring reliable service delivery and proper integration with existing technological ecosystems throughout the participating nations.
