Nvidia’s French offices raided by antitrust authority

France’s antitrust watchdog is said to have raided Nvidia’s offices for an investigation into the company’s cloud computing service.

Not much is known about the details of the case. The French watchdog made itself in one press release It is known that there is an investigation into practices related to cloud computing and that the graphics card sector is being investigated for this. It is unclear which company is targeted and which practices are being investigated.

The Wall Street Journal would have learned through testimonies from people involved in the case that the raid took place at Nvidia’s offices. The raid should prove or just rule out that the company was involved in anti-competitive practices.

According to the watchdog, Nvidia is not the first on the list to have already been invaded. The chipmaker itself does not respond to the facts.

Record profits thanks to AI chips

The chipmaker closely followed AI developments in the field and soon followed with AI chips. This benefited the company’s turnover, because the chips are used for large language models from Microsoft and OpenAI. The developments may therefore have been noticed by authorities.