European Union: European Commission investigation into the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs by NVIDIA under the EU Merger Regulation

Progress

Current status
under appeal
10 Jan 2025 under appeal
20 Dec 2024 concluded
31 Oct 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
semiconductors
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
judiciary
executive
Government Body
court
competition authority
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

10 Jan 2025
under appeal

Nvidia filed suit challenging EC's investigation of Run:ai Labs acquisition under the EU Merger Regulation (Case T-15/25)

On 10 January 2025, Nvidia Corp. filed a lawsuit against the European Commission at the General Court of the European Union (Case T-15/25), challenging the Commission’s acceptance of a referral from the Italian competition authority (AGCM) to assess…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
20 Dec 2024
concluded

Announced European Commission approval of acquisition of Run:ai Labs by NVIDIA under the EU Merger Regulation

On 20 December 2024, the European Commission (EC) unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs (Run:ai) by NVIDIA. The Commission investigated the transaction's impact on the markets for discrete GPUs for data centres and GPU orc…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
31 Oct 2024
under deliberation

Opened EC investigation into the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs by NVIDIA under the EU Merger Regulation

On 31 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) opened an investigation into the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs (Run:ai) by NVIDIA. The acquisition was examined by Italy under national competition rules, which referred it to the EC under Artic…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority