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Recital (42)

printed pages 25–26 · source locator: Recital (42); printed pages 25–26

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

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It should be possible for the Commission to designate as strategic projects data centre
            projects that significantly contribute to the Union’s digital and energy sectors and that
            meet clear criteria. Considering the importance of the data centre strategic projects,
            Member States may, without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 TFEU, apply support
            measures in a proportionate manner to those projects. When planning such support
            measures, Member States should, where applicable, make use of the relevant
            frameworks for providing public support. Strategic projects should address a market

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            Regulation (EU) 2024/1309 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2024 on
            measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks, amending
            Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act) (OJ
            L 2024/1309, 8.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1309/oj).
     27
            Add reference to the Regulation on speeding-up environmental assessments once adopted. See
            Commission proposal COM(2025) 984 final, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
            content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52025PC0984.

            failure in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private
            financing, while ensuring clear Union added value.

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