Data And Regulation
EU technology sovereignty plan reshapes European digital procurement landscape, cloud services and open source become key levers
The European Union has released the "European Technological Sovereignty Package," which promotes public sector cloud procurement in favor of European local suppliers through new Union Assurance Levels (UALs), open-source strategies, and the Chips Act 2.0. Gartner points out that this complex set of rules will increase the complexity of technology procurement and may change the competitive landscape of the global cloud services market. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the plan's impact on the digital economy, including platform competition, data governance, and AI commercialization.