EU Commission proposes Tech Sovereignty Package June 3 — Chips Act 2.0 plus Cloud and AI Development Act target tripling EU data-center capacity by 2033
The European Commission unveiled the European Technological Sovereignty Package on June 3, 2026, bundling a Chips Act 2.0, a Cloud and AI Development Act, an Open Source Strategy, and a Digitalisation Roadmap for Energy. The Cloud and AI Development Act sets a goal of tripling European data-center capacity over the next five-to-seven years and introduces sovereignty requirements for cloud providers serving banking, energy, and healthcare.
The strategic frame is the read. Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen used the term "kill switch" in launching the package — the Commission is now openly framing dependence on US and Asian cloud and chip providers as a strategic vulnerability rather than a procurement preference. Chips Act 2.0 prioritizes building a foundry for advanced semiconductor manufacturing inside the bloc; the Cloud and AI Development Act adds sovereignty-tier procurement rules for sensitive sectors.
The 3x capacity goal is the bid. Tripling European data-center capacity in five-to-seven years is the largest publicly stated AI-infrastructure target by any non-US, non-Chinese jurisdiction. Hyperscaler deployment plans (AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud) into Europe were already accelerating through 2025-2026; the new package will likely combine with sovereignty-tier rules to favor European-headquartered cloud providers (OVHcloud, T-Systems, Schwarz Group) for the regulated segments. Sitting alongside the May 7 AI Act omnibus agreement and August 2026 transparency-rule onset, June 3 is the day Europe declared compute sovereignty a policy goal rather than an aspiration.
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