Strengthening Europe’s tech sovereignty

The European Commission has put forward the European technological sovereignty package, a set of measures to strengthen the EU’s capacity in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and open source. It will help Europe become a leader in AI, strengthen its digital autonomy, and help build a more sustainable digital future.

The package focuses on four key areas

• securing the semiconductor base for Europe’s AI ambition – the chips act 2.0 will help build capacity in cutting-edge semiconductor technologies, boost supply and demand, and support investment
• unlocking the potential of Europe’s cloud and AI capacity – the cloud and AI development act will support research and innovation in cutting-edge and sustainable technologies, streamline conditions for deploying datacentres across the EU, and introduce a single EU-wide framework to assess cloud and AI sovereignty
• strengthening digital autonomy through open source – the open source strategy will scale up open source alternatives in priority areas, invest in skills, start-ups and digital infrastructure, and support greater use of open source in public administrations
• digitalising Europe's energy system, while ensuring sustainable digitalisation – the strategic roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector will ensure data centres are integrated into our energy system, accelerate the deployment of digital and AI solutions, and build sovereign and secure AI models for the energy sector

These measures will enable Europe to become an AI continent – that is to say, a global leader in the research, development and adoption of artificial intelligence. This new package fasts-tracks this ambition, protecting Europe’s digital independence. The tech sovereignty package builds on and complements existing initiatives such as the Competitiveness Compass and the Economic Security Strategy.

For more information

Press release - Commission proposes tech sovereignty package to strengthen Europe's digital autonomy and resilience

Factsheet on the tech sovereignty package

The EU’s AI continent action plan