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Morning Edition · Thursday, October 15, 2026Published at 2:37 AM EDT · New York
Nvidia Courts European Governments and Cities With New UK Startup Investments and a Nordic Compute Push Ahead of GTC Berlin
Three Nvidia posts in two days pitch the Nordics, the United Kingdom and European city governments as buyers of its full stack, a week before Jensen Huang's keynote in Berlin on European AI sovereignty.
Nvidia published three posts aimed at European buyers ahead of GTC Berlin, which runs October 20 to 22. The Nordic post says the region leads Europe in the number of startups valued at $1 billion or more per capita and describes a push to b…
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