Huang: Nvidia AI chips are the lowest-risk asset and viable loan collateral

Speaking at GTC Berlin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's AI accelerators stay productive for eight years or more, not the traditional four-year GPU lifecycle. He argued that lending against Nvidia hardware carries "the lowest" risk of any asset because the chips hold strong residual value across customers and workloads.

• Huang put Nvidia AI accelerator useful life at 8+ years, not 4
• He called loans backed by Nvidia chips the lowest-risk of any asset
• B200 reportedly rents or trades at up to 158% of its original price
• Musk earlier argued older accelerators can be more profitable per watt