News item | 09-01-2025 | 05:00
Minister Beljaarts of Economic Affairs will visit Silicon Valley in the United States from 8 to 9 January. This mission focuses on strategic conversations with leading American technology companies such as Nvidia. An important topic on the agenda is the Dutch ambition to build an AI facility.
Minister Beljaarts (Economic Affairs): “Before a shovel can be dug in the ground, we must be sure that the required knowledge and hardware is available. Nvidia has the knowledge and high-tech equipment needed to build an AI facility. Nvidia also has experience in building AI facilities. Competition is stiff because there is a lot of demand for this high-tech equipment from all over the world. That’s why these conversations are a crucial step for building an AI facility. With results, today the Netherlands has taken an important step together with Nvidia. This brings the construction of a Dutch AI facility a lot closer.”
AI facility
This government has the ambition to build a Dutch AI facility. The AI facility is aimed at the development and application of AI within the Netherlands with the help of an AI supercomputer, an important pillar for the further digitalization of the economy. One of the highlights of the visit is the meeting with Nvidia, the world leader in AI infrastructure. Discussions were held with Nvidia about the supply of hardware and knowledge support in creating the required infrastructure for a Dutch AI facility. This same conversation will also take place with AMD.
USA trip
The discussions with Nvidia and AMD are being held in the context of Minister Beljaarts’ US trip. The purpose of the trip is to firmly position Dutch Tech companies and startups internationally and to strengthen cooperation with American companies. The trip takes place from Monday January 6 to Thursday January 9. Together with Dutch entrepreneurs, the minister will go to Phoenix, Arizona, the largest global technology fair CES in Las Vegas and to Silicon Valley near San Francisco.