EU Digital Decade 2026: Austria country report on digitalisation

The European Commission published the Digital Decade 2026 country report for Austria (SWD(2026)155 final).

• Main announcement: The Commission assesses Austria’s Digital Decade progress and issues recommendations, noting EUR 1.3 billion (35% of Austria’s RRF) allocated to digital and a national roadmap comprising 85 measures backed by EUR 4.07 billion in combined public and private investment; it highlights targeted funding such as Quantum Austria (EUR 107 million RRF) and a first state-aid tranche to the ams OSRAM semiconductor project of EUR 227 million (projected completion 2027-2028).
• Background and details: The report documents legal and policy actions (e.g., Data Access Act (DZG) in July 2025; NISG 2026 entering into force 1 October 2026), planned initiatives (the Start-up and Scale-up Fund with up to EUR 100 million public contribution aiming to mobilise EUR 300-500 million and start operations in 2027), and concrete KPI gaps (FTTP, cloud, data analytics, unicorns = 4), plus RRF digital breakdown (EUR 1.34 billion total digital RRP: EUR 688m infrastructures, EUR 373m skills, EUR 148m businesses, EUR 117m public services, EUR 14m other).