HPE and NVIDIA expand AI factory portfolio; open EU lab in Grenoble for sovereign AI testing

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and NVIDIA have expanded their AI infrastructure collaboration with the introduction of new solutions designed to support secure, scalable “AI factories”, along with the launch of an AI Factory Lab in Grenoble, France. Announced at HPE Discover Barcelona 2025, the lab will allow organisations to test and validate AI workloads in an EU-based environment that aligns with data-sovereignty and compliance requirements. The facility brings together HPE servers and storage, NVIDIA accelerated computing, Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, HPE Juniper networking platforms, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to offer a controlled setting for evaluating sovereign AI deployments. HPE noted that European markets are increasingly prioritising operational sovereignty, and the new lab, along with a Private AI Lab being developed in London with Carbon3.ai, is intended to support enterprises seeking secure, locally compliant AI infrastructure.

Alongside the lab announcement, the companies highlighted a series of updates ...