Proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)

The European Union has proposed the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) to expand energy-efficient data centre capacity and support the widespread deployment of artificial intelligence across Europe. The legislation aims to reinforce computational resources for businesses and researchers while complementing the EU's Apply AI strategy and other initiatives like the Chips Act 2.0. The CADA focuses on three objectives to strengthen Europe's digital economy, making it more competitive, secure, and resilient.

The ongoing deployment of AI factories and AI gigafactories aims to provide broad access to high-capacity, next-generation computational resources for European businesses and researchers requiring AI capabilities. To complement this, the EU needs to expand its cloud and data centre capacity to support the wider deployment and diffusion of AI. The CADA will reinforce energy-efficient data centre capacity, while complementing the Apply AI strategy https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/apply-ai to boost the adoption of artificial intelligence and cloud across Europe. It will focus on three objectives: The CADA complements other new initiatives, including the Chips Act 2.0 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/chips-act-2 and the EU Open Source Strategy https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy , in contributing to a more competitive, secure and resilient European digital economy. You can download the full regulation proposal, the annexes, the impact assessment and a summary of this impact assessment below. Read more information: