New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Donald Trump is targeting control over Venezuela's vast oil reserves after the US military bombed the oil-rich country and took into custody its President Nicolas Maduro. And that may serve more US interests than projected. Months before the development, Jensen Huang, CEO of Silicon Valley-based Nvidia, had touted for a need for more energy to make artificial intelligence grow.

In an October 2025 interview with CNBC, Huang highlighted the need for more energy and chips to lead an AI advancement.

"AI is several things. AI is energy, AI is chips, the models, and the applications. So you could see Nvidia and you could look at me working across that entire stack of ecosystems around the world," the Nvidia CEO said in th...