Greenpeace protesters interrupt Jensen Huang during Berlin keynote over Russian drone chip findings

Protesters disrupted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang's keynote on Wednesday morning at the company's GTC event in Berlin. Hecklers bearing a Greenpeace banner interrupted Huang just minutes into his address at the Tempodrom venue, shouting questions about environmental damage and demanding to know why Nvidia's hardware has appeared in Russian military drones. Security escorted the demonstrators from the hall as Huang urged guards to go easy before resuming his speech. [2][3]

The demonstration follows reports that consumer-grade Nvidia Jetson Orin modules were recovered inside Russian AI drones and cruise missiles targeting Ukraine. Nvidia maintained that the chips are meant for developers, students, and civilian applications rather than combat. The company added that it does not sell the hardware in Russia, though it acknowledged it cannot monitor or restrict the resale of pre-owned processors once they enter the secondary market. [2]

Despite the interruption, Huang continued the presentation, which anchored Nvidia's three-day Berlin conference. The chief executive unveiled the DSX POD modular data center reference design, along with an open-source security framework for AI agents and the Agile ONE SN reference humanoid robot planned for next year. [2][3]