According to Bloomberg citing “people familiar with the situation”, the European Union is launching an early investigation into suspected “anti-competitive” abuses in the AI chip market, in which Nvidia occupies a dominant position.
According to reports, the European Commission has been informally gathering opinions on “potential abuses of market dominance in the GPU sector” to understand whether future intervention is necessary. At this early stage, however, these investigations may not result in formal investigations or penalties.
Sources revealed that French authorities have also launched a similar investigation and interviewed market participants on Nvidia’s key role in the field of AI chips, pricing policies, and the impact of chip shortages on prices.
The French antitrust agency recently conducted a raid on a company suspected of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in the graphics card industry. The company was later identified as Nvidia by the Wall Street Journal.
France’s competition authority clarified that such raids do not imply a violation of the law but are part of a thorough process of investigating the merits of the case.
According to the report, although the agency did not explicitly mention Nvidia, Nvidia chose not to comment on the matter.
According to Bloomberg analysis, Nvidia’s H100 GPU has gained more than 80% of the market share in the professional field, far ahead of its competitors Intel and AMD.
