Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy artificial intelligence services (Horizon Europe)

Destination 2: Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy artificial intelligence services

This destination aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty and competitiveness by developing an agile and secure single market for data and trustworthy AI services. It focuses on advancing the convergence of telecom, edge and cloud infrastructures through open orchestration platforms, enabling the deployment of AI across strategic sectors such as mobility, energy, health and manufacturing and supporting the emergence of new services and business models.

Key priorities include the development of a sovereign Open Internet Stack based on open-source, interoperable and standards-based solutions, reinforcing trust, resilience and European control over critical digital infrastructures. In parallel, decentralised and federated approaches to AI data processing, together with more sustainable data centre technologies, aim to reduce dependencies, address computing bottlenecks and lower the environmental footprint of AI.

Aligned with the Data Union Strategy and the Common European Data Spaces, this destination supports secure, compliant and adaptive data-sharing frameworks that empower citizens, businesses and public administrations. Together, these actions are designed to strengthen Europe’s capacity to innovate, scale and lead globally in data and AI, in line with EU values and strategic interests.

Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):

Call: DIGITAL

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-08: Demand-side 3C pilot demonstrators on converged Telco Edge Cloud Infrastructure (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-02: Open Internet Stack Sovereign Solutions (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-03: Open Internet Stack Support for Scale (CSA)
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03: New approaches for decentralized, federated and sustainable AI data processing (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-09: Energy efficiency and sustainability of AI data processing in Data Centres (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-06: Efficient and compliant access to and use of data (IA) (AI, Data and Robotics partnership)