<p>Europe has fallen behind China and the US in the development of AI capacity, producing less than 1% of the world’s semiconductors needed for AI. The EU hopes to expand their semiconductor production and produce 20% of the world's semiconductors by 2030. CNN's Anna Stewart spoke to Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia about their plans to build 20 AI factories across the continent. However, the question remains of whether this is the start of Europe’s comeback, or a last-ditch fantasy.</p>
Nvidia wants Europe to catch up in the AI race

Europe has fallen behind China and the US in the development of AI capacity, producing less than 1% of the world’s semiconductors needed for AI. But the EU hopes to produce 20% of the world’s semiconductors by 2030. CNN’s Anna Stewart spoke to Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia about their plans to build 20 AI factories across the continent.

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<p>Europe has fallen behind China and the US in the development of AI capacity, producing less than 1% of the world’s semiconductors needed for AI. The EU hopes to expand their semiconductor production and produce 20% of the world's semiconductors by 2030. CNN's Anna Stewart spoke to Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia about their plans to build 20 AI factories across the continent. However, the question remains of whether this is the start of Europe’s comeback, or a last-ditch fantasy.</p>
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