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June 12, 2025

Nvidia’s big European push raises questions for sovereignty

The US chip maker has announced plenty of new projects and partnerships in Europe this week


Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO. Photo: Nvidia

US chip giant Nvidia is making a push into Europe with a host of new projects and partnerships announced this week to build up the region’s compute capacity. The move has raised concerns that Europe is once again outsourcing key technologies to foreign players.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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