The real test of national cloud and AI strategies is delivery

Europe is moving to legislate national cloud and AI strategy. The proposed European Union (EU) Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) will (if passed) require every Member State to adopt a national cloud and AI strategy. Meeting this requirement involves two distinct stages. First, governments must write a strategy that addresses all eight components set out in the Act, either from scratch or by drawing together the policies they already have. Second, and harder, they must deliver it: co-ordinating funding sources, infrastructure needs, procurement processes and sovereignty requirements if they are to turn policy ambition into meaningful and measurable outcomes.