AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

European UnionEuropean UnionLawCouncil Regulation (EU) 2026/150

EuroHPC AI Gigafactories amendment

Amends the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking regulation to provide a legal basis for AI Gigafactories of more than 100,000 advanced AI processors and to expand quantum computing activities.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

EU launches call to establish up to seven AI GigafactoriesJul 30 3 months ago

Body
Council of the EU
Session
10th parliamentary term
Introduced
Jul 15, 2025
In effect since
Jan 209 months ago
Votes
Parliament 604-37-18 (consultation opinion)

Timeline

  1. Jul 30 3 months ago

    EU launches call to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories

  2. Jan 20 9 months ago

    Enters into force

  3. Jan 19 9 months ago

    Published in the Official Journal

  4. Jan 16 9 months ago

    Council adopts Regulation (EU) 2026/150

  5. Dec 17, 2025 10 months ago

    Parliament adopts its opinion under the consultation procedure, 604-37-18

  6. Nov 20, 2025 11 months ago

    ITRE committee vote

  7. Jul 15, 2025 1 year ago

    Commission proposal published (COM(2025) 414)

European Union
European UnionCOM(2026) 502 (2026/0138(COD))

Cloud and AI Development Act

Proposed regulation to speed up permitting and deployment of data centres, aim to at least triple EU data centre capacity, and create an EU-wide four-level cloud and AI sovereignty framework with a public sector procurement mechanism.

Proposed
European Union
European UnionCOM(2026) 504 (2026/0139(COD))

Chips Act 2.0

Proposed regulation that would replace the 2023 Chips Act with a Chips for Europe Initiative 2.0, support for first-of-a-kind and strategic semiconductor projects, and stronger coordination to prevent supply dependencies.

Proposed
European Union
European UnionRegulation (EU) 2024/1689

AI Act

Sets EU-wide risk-based rules for AI systems, banning certain practices, imposing requirements on high-risk systems, transparency duties for some AI, and obligations for general-purpose AI model providers.

In force
European Union
European UnionRegulation (EU) 2026/1744 (COM(2025) 836, 2025/0359(COD))

Digital Omnibus on AI

Amends the AI Act to delay high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028, extend SME relief to small mid-caps, simplify AI literacy and registration duties, widen AI Office oversight, and ban AI nudification and CSAM generation.

In force

Change log

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