EU prepares strategy to reduce technology reliance on the United States

The European Union is set to launch a strategy aimed at reducing its technological dependence on the United States by promoting European alternatives in critical sectors including semiconductors, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

A central element of the plan is a proposed Cloud and AI Development Act. The measure is intended to accelerate the construction of European data centers and streamline procedures, with a goal of tripling capacity within five to seven years.

The strategy also calls for governments to conduct sovereignty risk assessments. Those assessments are designed to improve resilience and help identify domestic European alternatives in strategically important technology areas.

The initiative reflects the EU’s broader push for technological sovereignty at a time when cloud services, AI infrastructure and advanced semiconductors are increasingly viewed as foundational to economic competitiveness and public-sector resilience.