Recital (4)

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

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The Union has become increasingly dependent on a limited number of cloud
           computing service providers from third countries. Reinforcing the Union’s capacity to
           develop and deploy cloud and AI technologies within its territory has become a
           strategic priority for the Union’s competitiveness, security of supply and technological
           sovereignty, as highlighted in the report by Mario Draghi on the future of European
           competitiveness (9) and in line with the Strengthening EU economic security
           Communication (10). Those challenges to the Union’s cloud and AI ecosystem call for
           the achievement of large-scale technological capacity building and support related to
           research and innovation activities and require collective effort by Member States, with
           the Union supporting the development and deployment of cloud and AI technologies
           and of large-scale cloud computing capacity.

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