European Commission Digital Decade 2026 country report — Finland

Council of the EU · June 23, 2026 · ✓ verified

The European Commission published the Digital Decade 2026 country report for Finland.

  • Main announcement: The Commission’s staff working document assesses Finland’s digital performance and issues recommendations and funding summaries, noting concrete budgets and project timelines such as 14 roadmap measures totalling EUR 559 million, the digital part of Finland’s RRF evaluated at EUR 526 million, and an estimated total economic impact of EUR 2.07 billion from RRF digital measures. It highlights infrastructure and technology milestones including LUMI supercomputer expansion (new data center construction started January 2026, production readiness expected spring 2027) and the government allocation of EUR 79 million for the Kvanttinova pilot (2024-2027).
  • Background and implementation details: The report documents policy actions and project-level developments: FiCCC operational and signed a MoU with Nordic and Baltic competence centers (December 2025); 110 edge nodes deployed by 2025 (Edge Node Observatory); Finland allocates 29% of its RRP to digital (EUR 0.5 billion) and cohesion policy contributes EUR 0.4 billion for digital transformation. It records private and public investments (e.g., Tesi/Verda EUR 55 million funding; Nokia & NestAI strategic investment EUR 100 million), and sets timelines for eID/EUDI Wallet deployment and cloud security rules (consultation spring 2026, final rules by autumn 2026).
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