“The open, sovereign models will provide a foundation for an integrated regional AI ecosystem that reflects local languages and culture,” Nvidia added.

“AI is the greatest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang said, kicking off one of Europe’s biggest technology industry fairs.

"Every industrial revolution begins with infrastructure. AI is the essential infrastructure of our time, just as electricity and the internet once were," Huang said in a Wednesday press release.

U.S. stocks climbed after Oracle's optimistic forecast for AI-related services buoyed market sentiment, despite concerns about Middle East tensions and a Boeing crash. Major tech stocks like Microsoft and Nvidia posted gains.

The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.