Nvidia announces new AI lab in UK and supercomputing wins in Europe
Nvidia’s Rubin-Vera chip and Grace Hopper platform are powering the next wave of European supercomputers.
What began as a company powering 3D games in the 1990s has evolved into the backbone of the global AI revolution. Nvidia, once best known for its Riva TNT2 chips in consumer graphics cards like the Elsa Erazor III, now sits at the centre of scientific computing, defence, and national-scale innovation.
While gaming remains part of its identity—with record revenue of $3.8 billion in Q1 FY2026—it now accounts for less than 9% of Nvidia’s $44.1 billion total revenue. The company’s trajectory reflects its founder Jensen Huang’s ambition to lead beyond the gaming space, targeting AI, supercomputing, and global infrastructure.
Recent announcements reinforce this shift. Huang joined UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to open London Tech Week, affirming Nvidia’s commitment to launch an AI lab in the UK, as the government commits £1 billion to AI compute by 2030.
Nvidia also revealed its Rubin-Vera superchip will power Germany’s ‘Blue Lion’ supercomputer, and its Grace Hopper platform is at the heart of Jupiter—Europe’s first exascale AI system, located at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre.
Nvidia’s presence now spans continents and disciplines, from powering national research to driving breakthroughs in climate modelling, quantum computing, and structural biology.
‘AI will supercharge scientific discovery and industrial innovation,’ said Huang. And with systems like Jupiter poised to run a quintillion operations per second, the company’s growth story is far from over.
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