Commission feedback deadline: Cloud and AI Development Act
Why it matters
Proposed act aims to triple EU data processing capacity within 5–7 years and boost secure processing by EU cloud providers, directly addressing strategic dependence on US hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and China in AI/cloud infrastructure—a core pillar of EU technological sovereignty and industrial policy.
What to watch
- No announcement lands on this date — the feedback window simply closes. Next public step: the Commission summarises the feedback received and moves the file towards adoption.
- Process stage to verify: adoption workflow.
- Commission summary: As part of the ‘AI Continent’ initiative, the EU is launching a new act to address Europe’s gap in cloud and AI infrastructure capacity through: research & innovation to accelerate the greening of compute infrastructures and data centres for cloud and AI; facilitation of private investment in sustainable cloud and AI capacity, to triple the EU’s data processing capacity in the next 5 to 7 years; actions to increase the secure processing capacity of EU-based cloud providers.
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