Recital (25)

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

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Member States should establish Experience and acceleration centres for AI (‘Centres
            for AI’) with a view to ensuring an appropriate coverage of their territory. Centres for
            AI need to act as regional and local accelerators for the uptake and deployment of AI,
            cloud computing and other advanced technologies across the Union, supporting SMEs,
            SMCs and public sector bodies in their digital transformation. In order to facilitate the
            integration of AI into strategic industrial sectors, Centres for AI should also establish
            synergies with initiatives launched under the Data Union Strategy. By providing
            expertise, testing, skills and innovation support, Centres for AI should reinforce the
            competitiveness and resilience of the Union’s AI industrial base while strengthening
            the innovation capacity and widespread deployment of AI and other advanced
            technologies across the Union. The network should build on the network of European
            digital innovation hubs. The network will collaborate closely with other initiatives
            supporting the uptake of AI and other advanced technologies such as testing and
            experimentation facilities and AI factories. It will be built on skills-related initiatives,
            including the Digital large scale skills partnership under the Pact for skills and the
            skills academies, including the AI Skills Academy.

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