Presented on 3 June 2026 after several postponements, the technological sovereignty package comprises two legislative proposals submitted to the European Parliament and the Council, which are expected to come into force in the second quarter of 2029, as well as two non-legislative texts.
For the first time, the Commission is setting out an official legal definition of technological sovereignty: «Europe's ability to develop, control and scale its critical technologies, infrastructures, services and data, which underpin our economy, our security and our society».»
Europe's digital dependence has become a lever for geopolitical pressure. In 2024, China banned the export of Nexperia chips produced on its soil, undermining the supply chains of the European automotive industry. The American Cloud Act requires American cloud companies to transmit data to the federal authorities, even when they are hosted in Europe.
Faced with these vulnerabilities, and at a time when demand for computing capacity linked to AI is growing at a rate that Europe alone cannot absorb, the Commission has opted for an industrial policy based on regulation.
| THE TEXTS | WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE ON THE PLAYERS INVOLVED? |
|---|---|
| Proposal for a regulation CADA - Cloud and AI Development Act | Cloud sovereignty becomes an enforceable legal criterion in European public procurement. It creates four levels of assurance defining a sovereign cloud, with mutual recognition of certifications throughout the EU and an obligation for public contracts to comply within 12 months. The private sector remains outside the scope, unless extended to critical sectors. The aim is to triple Europe's data centre capacity by 2030 through €200 billion of investment. |
| Proposal for a regulation Chips Act 2.0 | The Chips Act 2.0 relaunches Europe's semiconductor strategy after the failure to reach the target of 20 % of the world market. The text speeds up authorisations (to a maximum of 12 months), supports European demand and production, strengthens supply chains and encourages public procurement with European added value. It also provides for an advanced foundry under 3 nanometres by 2030, with an investment of €120 billion between now and 2035. |
| Non-legislative texts Open Source strategy | The Open Source Strategy makes open source a lever for sovereignty and competitiveness in the face of dependence on proprietary software from outside Europe. It promotes the principle of «public money, public code», enabling the re-use of open source public software by all European administrations. Without imposing it, it aims to make the public sector an anchor customer for European open source solutions, with €2 billion mobilised over seven years. |
| Non-legislative texts Digitalisation and AI in energy roadmap | This roadmap provides a framework for integrating digital technology and AI into the energy sector, at a time when data centres already account for 2.5 % of European electricity consumption. It provides for a sustainability rating system for data centres, potentially open to nuclear power, as well as a European framework for exchanging energy data. Planned investment: €20bn. |
The technological sovereignty package is both a strong political signal and a first concrete legal step forward. On the cloud, for the first time, the sovereignty of a service becomes a requirement of proof, auditable and enforceable in European public procurement. On semiconductors and software, the Commission is setting an ambitious course. This package is a solid starting point. Its real impact will depend on the parliamentary negotiations and the implementing acts to come.
- 80 % European digital dependency on non-European suppliers
- 200 billion to triple European data centre capacity by 2030
- 120 billion investment planned for Chips Act 2.0 between now and 2035
- 264 bn spent each year by European organisations on non-European digital products