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# EESC calls for changes to EU Cloud and AI Development Act
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-23-eesc-cloud-ai-development-act-opinion/
- Published: 2026-09-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T03:56:49.000Z
- Description: The EESC adopted its opinion on the Cloud and AI Development Act on 23 September 2026, backing the aim to cut EU reliance on non-European cloud and AI providers but demanding ring-fenced multiannual funding and social and environmental conditions on data centre acceleration zones.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Economic and Social Committee, opinion page, 23 September 2026](https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions/cloud-and-ai-development-act?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the Act itself has been amended, adopted or funded; the opinion is non-binding advice to Parliament and Council.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EESC adopted advisory opinion only; Act itself not amended, adopted or funded. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

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