--- title: Europe’s sovereign AI ambition risks stalling on data... description: A new Onnec survey of 300 senior data centre decision-makers finds 74% see sovereign cloud as a major opportunity for European operators over the next three... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/europe-s-sovereign-ai-ambition-risks-stalling-on-data-centre-limits-new-research-warns-dfihnfa12 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Europe’s sovereign AI ambition risks stalling on data centre limits, new research warns | daily.dev og:description: A new Onnec survey of 300 senior data centre decision-makers finds 74% see sovereign cloud as a major opportunity for European operators over the next three... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/europe-s-sovereign-ai-ambition-risks-stalling-on-data-centre-limits-new-research-warns-dfihnfa12 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dfiHNFa12.png og:image:alt: Europe’s sovereign AI ambition risks stalling on data centre limits, new research warns og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Europe’s sovereign AI ambition risks stalling on data centre limits, new research warns **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new Onnec survey of 300 senior data centre decision-makers finds 74% see sovereign cloud as a major opportunity for European operators over the next three years. However, the research warns that Europe's sovereign AI ambitions face serious infrastructure constraints: power availability, planning delays, rising build costs, supply chain issues, skills shortages, and the complexity of retrofitting live facilities for high-density AI workloads. Gartner forecasts European sovereign IaaS spending will rise 83% in 2026 to $12.6bn, and EU policy initiatives like the Cloud and AI Development Act aim to triple data centre capacity within five to seven years. Despite strong political will and public funding — including a €180m EC framework for sovereign cloud procurement — the key question is whether Europe can build and upgrade infrastructure fast enough to match demand. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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