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Recently, the rapid development of innovative technologies based on cloud computing has been observed. Many countries are not keeping up with the relevant legislation, while cloud computing adoption requires transparent and high-quality regulations. This paper is focused on European Union member states. It checks whether the quality of regulation has an impact on cloud computing usage in EU countries. As regulations, quality data from the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Regulatory Quality 2021 indicator was used. Data on cloud computing usage from Eurostat questionnaires on ICT from 2021 were used. Between these variables, there is a moderate to strong linear correlation and causality. The univariate linear regression model was proposed to explain the impact of regulatory quality on cloud computing usage in a quantitative way. The regulatory quality indicator increased by one resulted in the increase in cloud computing usage by 21.56% by companies ceteris paribus. The model presented explains 40% of the variance for cloud computing usage by regulatory quality indicator. These conclusions can be valuable from the management perspective for governments that aim to increase the innovativeness and competitiveness of economies, for enterprises that consider the implementation of cloud computing services, and for non-governmental organizations that can have an impact on legislation to contribute to economic development.