The executive director of Nvidia Corp., Jensen Huang, with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ihiba on Monday to promote more electricity generation to meet the needs of artificial intelligence.
The two discussed how Japan is particularly well positioned to develop AI, given their leadership in robotics and industrial manufacturing, Huang told journalists after the meeting. But well, he also said that generating and creating intelligence will require energy.
“The country needs to build a new infrastructure,” said Huang, avoiding his usual black leather jacket to get a blue suit and tie. “Energy is essential for all industrial growth.”
Japan poor in resources is the hunger for the electricity of the weighing data centers against the challenges of restarting nuclear reactors that closed the Fukushima disaster, as well as to increase imports of expensive fossil fuels. Japan would consider investing in a liquefied natural gas project of $ 44 billion in Alaska as part of an agreement to negotiate a commercial agreement with the United States, Istiba said.
AI is scheduled to transform all industries, from medical care to manufacturing, education and agriculture, Huang said. But the Fleet of Data Centers and Air conditioners required will probably trigger the fastest rate of growth in the demand for electricity in years, according to the International Energy Agency.
The meeting occurs immediately after the CEO trip to Beijing and the decision of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to prohibit the company from selling its chips H20 AI to China. The measure marked an escalation in Washington’s technological battle with Beijing and went to a Nvidia product line explicitly designed so that Chinese clients meet the previous export controls of the United States.
Last week, Nvidia warned of a brief of $ 5.5 billion of the new US chips restrictions. Uu. A bipartisan committee of the House of Representatives also urged Nvidia to deliver information about chips sales in Southeast Asia and China, arguing that such chips may have helped China to emerge Develpop Develpop its great chatbot.
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Posted on April 21, 2025
