In this episode from GTC Paris, Nicole chats with Andy Pernsteiner, Global Field CTO at VAST Data, for an insider's view of Europe's quickly evolving AI landscape. From the sidelines of Nvidia’s packed event—strategically co-located with Viva Tech—Andy shares candid insights on the shift from heavy-lifting AI infrastructure builds toward practical, profitable services built on those investments. Sovereign clouds take center stage, as Andy unpacks Europe's increasing emphasis on secure, traceable, and auditable data architectures designed around tight regulatory frameworks and national boundaries. He offers a close look at how European Neo-cloud providers are pushing toward innovative services like inference-as-a-service, making AI genuinely consumable and not just an expensive science project.