Technology

Executive summary

Washington closed a major loophole: U.S. export licensing for advanced AI chips now applies to any Chinese‑headquartered entity, regardless of where it operates. Brussels will unveil a Tech Sovereignty Package that favors EU‑based cloud and semiconductor stacks, embedding sovereign‑provider requirements and a €120bn Chips Act 2.0. Together these moves make the global AI and cloud stack less location‑agnostic and more geopolitically segmented, raising near‑term compliance costs and shifting where capital builds data centers. Parallel science signals—room‑temperature quantum components and 100x magnon‑lifetime gains—compress timelines for practical quantum devices, pulling forward cyber and infrastructure planning. Within AI, falling inference costs and agentic deployment maturity are redirecting enterprise priorities toward efficiency and integration over headline benchmarks.