Luxembourg’s AI Strategy: Accelerating Digital Sovereignty 2030

May 2025

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Strategies and Action Plans

Author: The Ministry for Digitalisation, in conjunction with the Ministries of Economy, Research & Higher Education, and the State (SMC department).

Luxembourg’s AI Strategy: Accelerating Digital Sovereignty 2030 is a comprehensive national roadmap aimed at transforming the country into a European leader in responsible, human-centric artificial intelligence (AI).

Building on earlier foundational policies such as the 2019 Strategic Vision for Artificial Intelligence and the broader Data-Driven Strategy for the Development of a Trusted and Sustainable Economy, this renewed strategy reflects the rapid evolution of AI technologies, especially the rise of generative models, and the growing imperative for Europe to assert its technological sovereignty. It forms one of three strategic pillars – alongside data and quantum technologies – designed to establish Luxembourg as a secure, agile, and innovation-driven digital hub within the European Union.

Core vision and strategic objectives

Luxembourg aims to:

  • Position itself as an international hub for trusted and sovereign AI.
  • Drive innovation in regulated sectors like health, finance, energy, and public administration.
  • Ensure AI development reflects human-centric values, ethical standards, and democratic principles.

The strategy is aligned with OECD principles and follows up on Luxembourg’s previous strategic vision from 2019, updated to reflect recent AI advancements such as generative AI.

Six strategic enablers

To implement its AI vision, Luxembourg relies on six horizontal enablers:

  1. Talents and skills:
    • Introduces AI education across levels, from school to advanced research.
    • Launches initiatives like the AI4ALL platform, structured traineeships, and the AI Sphere to foster talent and public literacy.
    • Offers programmes for AI upskilling in SMEs and targeted sectors.
  2. Infrastructures:
    • Expands sovereign computing power via MeluXina-AI and MeluXina-Q (quantum).
    • Promotes sovereign cloud solutions and energy-efficient data processing.
    • Uses AI to optimise 5G, cybersecurity, and energy networks.
  3. Service ecosystem:
    • Anchored by the Luxembourg AI Factory, a one-stop shop coordinating support across sectors.
    • Provides AI sandboxes, funding for startups (e.g. Fit4Start, Fit4Scale), and SME integration support.
    • Facilitates regulatory readiness and industry-academia collaboration.
  4. Research, development and innovation:
    • Promotes AI research through public-private partnerships.
    • Supports mission-driven research and high-impact projects via national and EU funding.
    • Uses structures like Deep Tech Lab (DTL) to commercialise research and attract talent.
  5. Governance and regulations:
    • Introduces AI regulatory sandboxes in coordination with CNPD and CGPD.
    • Implements Once-Only Principle for public data reuse, under strict privacy and ethical frameworks.
    • Integrates trustworthy AI principles in alignment with the EU’s AI Act and GDPR.
  6. International collaboration:
    • Active in European AI networks (e.g. Gaia-X, EuroQCI, EuroHPC).
    • Engages in standardisation efforts and contributes to EU-level policy development.
    • Promotes sustainable AI and open-source innovation as part of broader EU values.

Sectoral priorities and flagship projects

The strategy targets several high-impact sectors with dedicated initiatives:

  • Public Administration: Legal LLMs and AI for streamlining public services.
  • Finance: AI Experience Centre at LHoFT.
  • Health: AI for personalised medicine and patient care.
  • Education: Sovereign AI chatbot, curriculum reform, teacher training.
  • Mobility: AI for traffic and movement management (Movement AI 1.0).
  • Cybersecurity: Democratising tools for post-quantum resilience.
  • Energy & Climate: Digital twin for climate modelling; AI in energy optimisation.
  • Space: Development of quantum-secure satellite communications (QKD satellite).
  • Culture: Frameworks for AI in creative and heritage sectors.

Guiding principles

Luxembourg’s strategy is built around:

  • Trustworthy AI by design (transparency, explainability, ethics).
  • Sustainability, including frugal AI and renewable energy-powered data centres.
  • Open-source alignment and balancing open vs. proprietary models.
  • Agility in public procurement and regulatory frameworks to keep pace with rapid technological change.
  • Democratic resilience, countering misinformation and protecting editorial integrity through human oversight and AI labelling.