Inventory
Data Spaces, AI Factories and Data Labs at a Glance
Data spaces, AI factories and data labs are crucial components of Europe's data and AI economy. This inventory includes material on the role of these entities in the AI continent, their interactions, and how they co-create real value for their customers.
EU strategy documents and related work
BDVA’s response to the “AI Continent Action Plan”: Towards a European AI-data ecosystem
BDVA, 2025
Interplay between the AI Act and the EU digital legislative framework
European Parliament, 2025
BDVA’s input to European Data Union Strategy: Data at the core of Europe’s Digital Strategy
BDVA, 2025
Data Spaces and AI
Foundation Data Space Models: Bridging the Artificial Intelligence and Data Ecosystems (Vision Paper)
E. Curry, T. Zaarour, Y. Yang, M. Timilsina, M. Al-Qatf and R. Haque, 2023
Data Spaces and Foundation Models: Enabling High-Quality Artificial Intelligence
Fraunhofer ISST, 2026
Data sharing: Closing the Gap in the Draghi Report’s Call for AI Competitiveness in Europe
Fraunhofer ISST and Gaia-X Institute, 2025
AI Spaces. From Silos to Sovereign, Cross-Organizational Intelligence
Fraunhofer ISST, University of Tokio and Fujitsu, 2026