Nvidia's CEO called on G20 countries to accelerate the adoption of AI rather than its regulation

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called on the G20 countries to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence as a tool to stimulate economic growth, Bloomberg reports. According to Huang, the world’s largest economies should expand data centers and other infrastructure necessary to support the new technology.

"Every country must build infrastructure to support its own economy," Huang said Wednesday at a technology event in North Carolina organized by the U.S. for G20 participants. The Nvidia CEO compared this technology to water, electricity, and other utilities.

"The worst-case scenario" for any country is "being left behind," Huang believes. According to him, this could happen if society and policymakers allow fears surrounding AI to dictate the discussion about the technology. “We must ensure that we discuss this in a balanced way,” he said, calling for a focus on AI’s potential to improve well-being, according to Bloomberg.

Huang cited the United States as an example. According to him, Nvidia intends to “invest nearly $1 trillion in U.S. infrastructure” just “this year” thanks to the country’s regulatory environment and policies that support the development of the energy sector.

Nvidia is the world’s largest company by market capitalization and the leading supplier of graphics processors for artificial intelligence, making it one of the main beneficiaries of the AI boom. Last week, the company forecast a 70% increase in revenue for the next fiscal year. Following that announcement, its stock posted its biggest one-day gain since April 2025.

Representatives of the Trump administration are urging G20 countries to adopt a set of principles for regulating new technologies, including AI, according to Bloomberg. The document, titled the “Carolina Principles,” cautions countries against creating new regulatory bodies specifically for AI and, at the same time, calls for closer cooperation between the government and the private sector when testing new technologies.

G20 delegates gathered in North Carolina amid growing public opposition to the construction of data centers in the U.S., which has become a major issue in the run-up to the November midterm elections, Bloomberg explains. At the same time, a series of security incidents—in which AI models escaped the confines of secure test environments—has intensified international calls for stricter oversight.

In a conversation with reporters, Huang recommended that governments implement only targeted regulation of AI. In his view, responsibility for product safety should rest primarily with companies, not with government officials.

“The technology is still in its early stages, and my advice is to focus on regulating actual, real-world harm rather than theoretical or hypothetical harm,” Huang said. “Every company must take responsibility for developing the technology safely.”

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