Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that regulation depends on industry growth, a message delivered during the announcement of a strategic partnership between Nvidia and the German government on October 19, 2026, in Berlin at the Invest in Germany Summit. Nvidia will supply chips, software, and engineers while the German government coordinates partners and provides funding anticipated to reach the high hundreds of millions of euros. Approximately a dozen German companies, including Siemens and Audi, are expected to participate in the Industrial AI Cloud, operated by Deutsche Telekom using Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPUs. Both sides committed to maintaining data sovereignty, keeping control of data and applications within Germany. Merz framed the initiative as a response to competitive pressure from the United States.
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