Recital (14)

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

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The Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should also support research, development
            activities and the uptake of cloud stack technologies with a view to closing the
            capacity gap and strengthening the technological autonomy of the Union. In particular,
            the Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives should foster the development of cloud
            computing stacks alternatives for strategic sectors. It should also facilitate the
            development of AI-optimised servers and software including processors and
            accelerators manufactured and designed in the Union, such as those developed under
            Regulation (EU) 2026/XXX (14) of the European Parliament and of the Council. In
            addition, both the Cloud and AI Leadership Initiatives under this Regulation and the
            Chips for Europe Initiative 2.0 supported by that Regulation should foster the co-
            design and cross-optimisation of hardware and software development and the
            integration of AI computing infrastructures. Furthermore, the Cloud and AI
            Leadership Initiatives should support the complementary development and
            deployment of a smart and secure middleware cloud platform for common European
            data spaces, in accordance with the Data Union Strategy.

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