EU launches €623 million digital connectivity push via Moldova for Central Asia links

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EU launched a €623 million investment and technical support package at Moldova's first High-Level Connectivity Platform Meeting to boost digital and trade connectivity with Central Asia.
The platform targets 5G networks, space-based connectivity, AI, and data centers as part of the EU Global Gateway and Middle Corridor strategy to triple EU–Central Asia trade flows by 2030.
WIFI4Moldova will provide free WIFI to 30 Moldovan municipalities as part of broader EU–Moldova cooperation on terrestrial and satellite digital infrastructure and innovation initiatives.

Investment plan and platform scope

As announced by the European Commission, the first High-Level Connectivity Platform Meeting on Digital is taking place in Moldova with participation from EU officials, Moldovan leaders, regional ministers, international financial institutions and private sector representatives. The gathering is designed to build an Integrated EU Secure Connectivity Offer that strengthens secure and resilient digital links between Europe and Central Asia via Moldova.

The platform supports the EU's broader effort to develop the Middle Corridor, a route connecting Central Asia across the Caspian Sea to the South Caucasus and onward to the European market through Türkiye and the Black Sea. EU officials say the corridor is intended to diversify trade routes, triple trade flows and reduce freight transit times by 2030.

The planned offer is presented as a regional application of the EU Tech Business Offer under the EU International Digital Strategy, and is aligned with initiatives including IRIS and the EU toolbox for 5G security. Under the Connectivity Agenda Platform, it is meant to channel European industry expertise, public financing tools and security standards into strategic digital infrastructure projects with partner countries along the corridor.

Regional impact and Moldova projects

The Commission says it has exchanged Statements of Intent with partner countries, Member State organisations, private sector partners and international financial institutions to mobilise as much as €623 million in investment and technical support. The funding is aimed at 5G networks, space-based connectivity, artificial intelligence and data centre development.

Those projects are intended to help implement the Cross-regional Connectivity Agenda presented at the Cross-regional Security and Connectivity Ministerial Meeting in October 2025, part of the EU's Global Gateway strategy. The agenda focuses on strengthening transport, energy and digital links between the EU and Central Asia through the South Caucasus and Black Sea region by coordinating investment and regulatory cooperation.

The European Commission and Moldova also announced the launch of the WIFI4Moldova initiative, which will provide free WIFI to 30 Moldovan municipalities. Officials say the broader package will support cooperation on terrestrial and satellite connectivity, data centre infrastructure, and research and innovation while translating the connectivity agenda into concrete investment opportunities.

The Connectivity Agenda Platform itself was launched in June 2026 to coordinate investment and policy action across transport and trade, energy, and digital connectivity. A separate platform meeting focused on energy is scheduled for 2027, while a second Connectivity and Security Ministerial is due to be held in Brussels on November 16.

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