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The European Commission published the Technological Sovereignty Package on 3 June, 2026, following several postponements and delays.
The package combines two legislative proposals — the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) and the “Chips Act 2.0” — with an Open Source Strategy and a Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy.
The Commission recognises the “sufficient financial firepower” as a key horizontal enabler of technological sovereignty. The headline figures mostly indicate mobilisation targets: an additional €120 billion for semiconductors, €200 billion for data centres by 2036, €100 billion for cloud, AI and gigafactories, and €2 billion over seven years for Open Source. Recognising that public budgets cannot close this gap alone, the strategy uses public funds as a “co-investment anchor” to “crowd in” private capital. The central vehicle for this is the proposed European Competitiveness Fund and its Digital Leadership Window, which will serve as the “centrepiece” for investment in the 2028–2034 EU budget.
