{"id":263027,"date":"2026-06-03T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/making-our-own-choices-eu-announces-blueprint-for-technology-sovereignty\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:45:16","slug":"making-our-own-choices-eu-announces-blueprint-for-technology-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/making-our-own-choices-eu-announces-blueprint-for-technology-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Making our own choices’: EU announces blueprint for technology sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Making our own choices’: EU announces blueprint for technology sovereignty<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/news\/europe\/2026\/06\/03\/making-our-own-choices-eu-announces-blueprint-for-technology-sovereignty\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-03 10:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.thenationalnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The European Commission on Wednesday announced a proposal to improve Europe’s AI self-reliance and raise data centre capacity to 65GW within the next decade.<\/p>\n

The sovereignty proposal would cut Europe’s dependence on foreign technology as it seeks to catch up with the US. Among the commission’s proposals is beefing up the cybersecurity of critical devices such as solar power installations. The proposal would include \u20ac200 billion ($232 billion) of private sector investment. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot afford to depend on others for the technologies that keep our hospitals running, our energy grids stable and our services secure,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. \u201cThis is about protecting our citizens, defending our interests and making our own choices.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who champion technological innovation will shape the future, and we must ensure that Europe plays a leading role in this,” European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkunnen said.<\/p>\n

Non-Europeans excluded<\/h2>\n

For critical public contracts, companies will be required to ensure that software and hardware are made in the EU, excluding non-European countries from controlling data and services.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, this \u200cis not a very big \u2060part of our services but in very \u200bcritical fields like defence for example, it is important that \u200bthe technology \u200cis controlled by Europeans from Europe and also (that) data is staying here,” Ms Virkkunen said.<\/p>\n

The proposal also seeks to double the EU’s global market share of semiconductors to 20 per cent by 2030 at an estimated cost of \u20ac120 billion. <\/p>\n

Europe remains structurally reliant on non-EU providers for more than 80 per cent of its digital products, services, infrastructure and intellectual property.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the result of decades of decisions: borrowing more than building; adopting faster than developing; and consuming more than creating, and this has to change,” Ms Virkunnen said.<\/p>\n

Amazon, Microsoft \u2060and Google are the world’s three biggest cloud…<\/p>\n

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