The EU awarded €180M in sovereign cloud contracts to European firms and is building the IRIS² satellite constellation to reduce dependence on US and Chinese tech.

The European Commission plans to reserve two-thirds of key 2 GHz satellite spectrum for EU firms while opening the rest to Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper.

The EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package, due Wednesday, has been tempered by internal debate between European-preference hawks and interoperability doves.