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Digital SME Alliance sets out vision for sovereign cloud under EU Cloud Act

DIGITAL SME Alliance's Benedetta Beltrame urged the EU's Cloud and AI Development Act to define sovereign cloud, mandate procurement preference and drive federation, citing EUR 260 billion in annual cloud outflows and under 13% EU market share.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted European DIGITAL SME Alliance policy paper, 22 May 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that the Commission's draft Cloud and AI Development Act adopts any of these recommendations.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. law question: paper urges the Act define sovereign cloud and mandate EU procurement preference. European Sovereignty Index

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