Hello everyone! I just had to share my amazing experience at the NVIDIA GTC Paris 2025 conference on June 11th and 12th. It was great to see NVIDIA GTC back in Europe after so long. The event was held alongside VivaTech 2025 at the Porte de Versailles, Paris Expo centre.
As a first-time attendee, I was super excited to dive into the world of AI and innovation. The absolute highlight for me was Jensen Huang's keynote. I was one of the lucky 4000 attendees who got to watch Jensen present! The crowd was massive, and the lines outside the venue were unbelievably long. The keynote lasted about 90 minutes, and the atmosphere was electric – it felt like a rock concert! Jensen's insights into the future of AI and NVIDIA's advancements were truly inspiring.
Enter of Agentic Era & rise of Physical AI & Robotics
AI has evolved to act intelligently observing, reasoning, planning, and retrying rather than just perceiving or generating.
Generative models are now creating motion, bridging the gap between AI agents and robotics. This advancement is driven by NVIDIA’s Isaac™ GROOT and Cosmos™ simulations.
Digital-Twin Factories Everywhere
NVIDIA is building Europe’s first industrial AI cloud in Germany, powered by 10,000 Blackwell GPUs and DGX B200 systems. This infrastructure enables the creation of digital twins for manufacturing processes.
Data Centres Evolving into AI Factories
Data centres are transforming into AI factories designed to produce intelligence, not just store data. This marks a new industrial revolution where AI infrastructure becomes national infrastructure.
One of the key mentions in the keynote was the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Blackwell Server for powering industrial AI factories. Also, available in workstation with the model called the RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Workstation Edition.
Sovereign AI and Strategic Ecosystem
NVIDIA is championing a sovereign AI model by localising data and servers within European borders. Partnerships span across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Finland, and beyond.
Mistral AI (France): Launching an “AI cloud” powered by 18,000 Grace Blackwell chips to host Mistral models and enterprise workloads.
UK AI vision was talked with an ecosystem of partners from industry, academia, startups, OEM’s, and government building skill centres and labs to upskill and re-skill the people to adapt the change AI going to bring in the market. It was good to see our partners and customers such as UCL, Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh and University of Oxford mentioned in the collaboration.
Quantum Computing's Long Wait May Be Over
In a notable shift from previous caution, Jensen Huang announced that quantum computing has reached a pivotal moment. With the help of CUDA-Q and close collaborations with Harvard and MIT, NVIDIA is making quantum workloads practically accessible—sooner than anticipated.
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The exhibition floor was alive with excitement, bustling with numerous exhibitors showcasing the latest innovations. It’s a privilege to see OCF partners such as Lenovo, IBM, Dell Technologies, Supermicro, Gigabyte, DDN, Fujitsu, NetApp, Red Hat and Quantiphi in the exhibitors list. Alongside the exhibitors, various NVIDIA sessions, training, and certification events were happening simultaneously. My favourite part was a section where NVIDIA had a group of displays with solutions architects presenting popular NIMs and blueprints through demos. In one corner, there were DGX Spark and RTX Blackwell servers from other OEMs. The dissection of the next-generation liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 compute tray and Switch tray was also on display. The upcoming NVIDIA Rubin NVL576 generation rack, code-named "Kyber," was showcased as well. The Kyber rack is an engineering marvel, moving fans and power supplies out of the rack to increase compute density (picture to right). |
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It was a fantastic opportunity to network and meet many talented NVIDIANs from both the UK and the EMEA region. The conversations were enlightening, and I gained valuable knowledge that I can't wait to bring back to my team at OCF Limited. One of the most memorable moments was getting a photo with Jensen Huang himself! It was a surreal experience and a perfect memento of my time at GTC Paris. Overall, attending GTC Paris 2025 was an unforgettable experience. The knowledge, connections, and memories I made are invaluable. I look forward to applying what I've learned and continuing to explore the exciting world of AI. |
