Recital (13)

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Official source: COM(2026) 502 final — Proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act

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To enable data centres to act as key enablers of a sustainable digital transition, the
            Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should support research and innovation capacities
            for the development of data centre technologies incorporating principles of energy and
            resource efficiency by design and throughout operations, with a view to achieving
            large-scale sustainability. This includes advancing resource and utilisation-efficient
            computing technologies, such as the optimisation of energy and water efficiency, the
            use of emerging quantum computing technologies, the development of AI-powered
            technologies for server efficiency, the integration of computing infrastructure with
            energy grids, the promotion of clean energy adoption and on-site energy generation in
            data centres. The Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should also provide access to
            pilot lines for data centre technologies to steer and accelerate innovation uptake in the
            market. Such pilots should function as demonstration facilities for cutting-edge data
            centre and edge semiconductor technologies, quantum computing prototypes and AI-
            powered data centre operation tools.

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