Nvidia CEO tells German industry to embrace AI, not fear it

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged German manufacturers to rapidly adopt artificial intelligence to transform their business model, saying digital technology will not replace heavy industry. He spoke Monday with Chancellor Friedrich Merz at an investment conference in Berlin. Huang said AI can augment Germany's manufacturing expertise and data, calling it a "natural resource" that must be leveraged. He stressed that "electrons will never replace atoms" but that the next wave of AI involves robotics, cars, and physical industry. Merz faces economic stagnation in Germany, with high energy costs, Chinese competition, and bureaucracy hindering growth. Europe lags the U.S. in data centers, and Huang advised Germany to keep AI knowledge local while importing technology.