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ECIPE: Cloud and AI Development Act could cost EU up to EUR 115 billion by 2036

ECIPE economist Matthias Bauer estimates the Cloud and AI Development Act could cost the EU EUR 115 billion by 2036 in its central scenario. Most of that is software rewriting and higher cloud prices, costs he says the Commission's own assessment omitted.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE publication, 13 October 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that the Commission will revise its impact assessment or that CADA's text will change.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion on CADA's cost; moves no question until an institution acts, EU-wide scale. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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