Taipei, March 17 -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang projected that the demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure will reach at least USD 1 trillion by 2027, driven by a fundamental shift in global computing methods.

Speaking at Nvidia's annual GTC 2026 in San Jose, California, on Monday, Huang noted that the industry has reached a critical turning point. According to a report by Focus Taiwan, this new estimate more than doubles his previous forecast, which suggested that demand for the company's Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems would hit approximately USD 500 billion by 2026.

"The inference inflection point has arrived," Huang said during the presentation. He explained that the transition toward inference-driven computing is what will p...