Italian lawmakers add data localization requirement in draft AI law

By Luca Bertuzzi ( March 24, 2025, 12:11 GMT | Insight) -- An Italian government law decree on artificial intelligence was adopted by lawmakers in the Senate last week with an amendment that would oblige all AI systems meant to be used in the public domain to be based on servers located in Italian territory. This data localization obligation, which might conflict with EU law and other parts of the text, might have significant practical and economic implications unless modified by the Italian parliament's other house — a rare event in the country's lawmaking process.An Italian government law decree on artificial intelligence was adopted by one of the country's two houses of parliament last week with an amendment that would oblige all AI systems meant to be used in the public domain to be based on servers located in Italian territory....

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Italian lawmakers add data localization requirement in draft AI law

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