Brussels Pushes for Full Tech Independence With Strict Cloud and Semiconductor Measures

The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping tech sovereignty package aimed at preventing foreign powers from having a “kill switch” over Europe’s critical digital infrastructure. The Cloud and AI Development Act introduces four sovereignty tiers that restrict US cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud from handling sensitive government data unless they meet strict EU‑only ownership, staffing, and jurisdiction requirements. Alongside this, the EU is launching Chips Act 2.0 to build advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Europe, targeting a 3nm foundry and 120 billion euros in investment by 2035. The package also calls for tripling EU data center capacity to ensure AI workloads can run entirely on European infrastructure.

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