New study outlines Europe’s path to digital independence
A new white paper from GITEX AI Europe and research firm LUE lays out what they see as the core building blocks for European digital sovereignty. The study argues that Europe must secure its own computing power, expand regional cloud infrastructure, invest in open-source technologies, and mobilise more capital for homegrown tech if it wants to reduce reliance on non-European providers.
Positioned ahead of the GITEX AI Europe event in Berlin, the paper frames these four areas as linked: local compute and cloud to keep critical data and services in Europe, open source to avoid lock-in and increase transparency, and targeted investment to scale European startups and platforms. The authors present this as a practical roadmap rather than a one-off policy fix, stressing that sovereignty will depend on long-term coordination between governments, industry and investors.
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