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Read Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility
Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

January 12, 2024 Barcelona

Edged Energy has commenced operations at its facility in Barcelona, Spain, named ‘Merlin.” The company completed the construction of this facility with a critical load capacity of 16MW and uses 100 percent renewable energy in the fall of 2023. Bryant Farland, CEO of Edged Energy said, “We are...

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Read Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet
Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet

Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet

January 10, 2024 Spain

Spanish telecoms firm Aire this week announced that it is acquiring Canary Islands telco Idecnet as it looks to consolidate its presence in the region. Raúl Aledo, CEO of Grupo Aire, said, “The arrival of Idecnet to Grupo Aire responds to our national and international growth strategy, which is...

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Read New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain
New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

December 27, 2023 Barcelona

The MareNostrum 5 supercomputer was recently inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain, hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It cost roughly €151 million to acquire and maintain this supercomputer, a fee which was split evenly between the EU and a Spanish-led consortium which includes Portugal...

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Read Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon
Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon

Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon

November 25, 2023 Spain

Spanish cloud company Gigas has planned to invest €3 million this year in its Oni data center in Lisbon, Portugal. The company purchased Portuguese telco Oni from MásMóvil in November 2020 for €40 million and plans to double the number of data rooms the 2,000 square meters site offers to ten,...

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Read Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain
Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain

Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain

November 17, 2023 Spain

Fibra Medios Telecom announced the launch of a new data center facility in Murcia, Spain, this week. This new facility known as the CPD Titan facility spans across 1,400 square meters and can host up to 120 cabinets across nine data rooms. This new facility also features two fiber entry vaults....

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Read Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

October 20, 2023 Spain

The Spanish government opened the latest phase of its €1 billion funding project aimed at rolling out 5G Standalone (SA) to rural areas across the country to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, as almost a fifth of the country’s population live in the rural areas. In this new...

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Read Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building
Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building

Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building

July 18, 2023 Spain

The municipal council of Valencia has abandoned plans to construct a data center in a port docks building. More than a year had passed since the local government began considering multiple proposals for establishing a data center in a building on the Marina de Valencia. Nevertheless, this week...

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Read Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center
Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

July 13, 2023 Madrid

In anticipation of a potential sale-leaseback transaction, Spanish insurance company Mapfre is listing its data center for sale. According to Cinco Dias, the company has hired CBRE to find a buyer for the Tales de Mileto building in the Alcalá de Henares neighborhood of Madrid. Mapfre launched...

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Read Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia
Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

April 12, 2023 Spain

Together with the Parc de l'Alba Consortium (comprising Catalan Land Institute -INCASÒL- and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council), Panattoni has announced plans to develop the largest ever data center campus in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, following the purchase of a 60,000 sqm plot of...

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Read Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers
Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers

Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers

March 14, 2023 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced it has launched its own data center development company, named Form8tion data centers, which is reportedly now marketing Thor’s maiden project in Madrid, Spain, named ‘Madrid One’ campus. This facility will offer up to 100MW of capacity spanning 60,000 sqm (645,850 sq...

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Read Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain
Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain

Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain

March 09, 2023 Spain

Impulsa Galicia, a public-private partnership from the Galician local government, has announced that it has partnered with Ingenostrum for a carbon-neutral data center project. The project is set to see an investment of €400m ($424m), and will see Ingenostrum assess the feasibility of a...

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Read The Spanish Tax IT Agency Allotted $76m For an Innovative HQ and Data Center
The Spanish Tax IT Agency Allotted $76m For an Innovative HQ and Data Center

The Spanish Tax IT Agency Allotted $76m For an Innovative HQ and Data Center

February 01, 2023 Spain

The Department of Tax Information Technology (DIT) of Spain has been awarded $76.2 million for a new headquarters in Madrid, which will include a new on-premises data center. The facility will be located at 480 Calle Alcala and will contain the DIT, allowing for the creation, installation, and...

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Read Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development
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Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development

November 02, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced the acquisition of a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Madrid, Spain. The site is planned for a data center campus development. Swiss real estate investment company Stoneweg completed the sale on behalf of the Icona Capital Group to Thor. None of the companies...

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Read Several Companies Including QTS, DAMAC, Prime DC, and Pure Looking To Expand into Spain
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Several Companies Including QTS, DAMAC, Prime DC, and Pure Looking To Expand into Spain

August 10, 2022 Spain

Many US data center firms and developers are looking to enter the Spanish data center market. They are looking to develop or acquire the facilities in the country. According to Cinco Dias, Blackstone – through QTS, Prime DC, Pure, and DAMAC are exploring options to buy land and build data...

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Read Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus
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Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus

July 25, 2022 Madrid

According to Cinco Dias, Spanish data center developer Xdata is looking to offload a stake in its company to help fund its 100MW Madrid data center campus development. The company has reportedly contacted CBRE and Morgan Stanley to seek an investor. Stoneshield established XData Properties in...

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Read SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain
SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

July 18, 2022 Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network in...

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Read Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center
Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center

Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center

July 12, 2022 Spain

Merlin Properties has announced that it is soon to break ground on its first data center located near Bilbao, Spain. The Iberian real estate company reportedly laid its first stone at the Arasur data center, based near Vitoria, last week. This announcement is part of an almost €600 million...

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Read FMC GlobalSat Closes Acquisition of Santander Teleport in Spain
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FMC GlobalSat Closes Acquisition of Santander Teleport in Spain

June 24, 2022 Spain

FMC Globalsat has acquired Santander Teleport, located in Spain. The Santander Teleport was formed as a joint venture between MTN Satellite Communications and Erzia in 2010. It spans over 9,290 square meters (100,000 square feet) and operates up to 30 antennas. These antennas range from 3 to 15...

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Read Best Wonder Business (BWB) to develop a data center powered entirely by solar power in Aragon, Spain
Best Wonder Business (BWB) to develop a data center powered entirely by solar power in Aragon, Spain

Best Wonder Business (BWB) to develop a data center powered entirely by solar power in Aragon, Spain

May 27, 2022 Spain

Best Wonder Business (BWB) has announced its intentions to develop a 16MW data center, powered solely by solar power, and located at the Huesca Logistics Platform (Plhus) business park outside Huesca, in the Aragon region. Reported to be worth €230 million ($264m); the company hopes the facility...

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Read Telefónica's sustainable funding increases to over more than €4 billion
Telefónica's sustainable funding increases to over more than €4 billion

Telefónica's sustainable funding increases to over more than €4 billion

May 27, 2022 Spain

Telefónica has announced that it has successfully issued its first senior sustainable bond to fund sustainability projects and initiatives amounting to €1 billion ($1.06bn) with a term of nine years. Telefónica has now made five ESG issuances in the last three years totaling €4.25 billion...

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