Emilio Díaz, president of Spain DC, He has assured that the data centers sector in Spain contributes 2.49% of the country’s GDP, with a total impact of 73,307 million euros, of which 4,245 million corresponds to the direct contribution of the data centers, to which 42,853 million euros of induced impact and another 26,208 million euros of indirect contribution are added. In that environment, the Community of Madrid brings together 54.8% of the installed power (195 MW), while Catalonia hosts 18.5% of the total (66 MW), Aragon 10.7% (38 MW) and the rest of Spain the remaining 57 MW. However, the projections for 2027 point out that Madrid will grow to 1,105 MW, while Aragon, with 199 MW, will far exceed Catalonia (199 MW), compared to the 539 MW of the rest of Spain.
The president of Spain DC has assured that is increasingly difficult for your industry “Access energy time”, for what he has advocated to continue “waiting strongly for plan 25-30 and we give us clarity where we are and where we can advance.” In your opinion, a regulation is needed in terms of access to energy that provides agility and simplifies obtaining permits. “
The same expert has indicated that the volume of data in Spain grows annually to rhythms of 22.2%, with more than 1,589 exabytes, while the interannual rebound in Europe is located in 21.3%, where Spain represents 4.6%of the total of the old continent, becoming the third or fourth European power, whether or not to account for the United Kingdom. “I have never been in any industry that grows in a sustained way in these percentage,” he said.
The association described the Marketing campaign, held last Tuesday at Callao Square in Madrid “whose objective was to raise awareness of the population about What would happen if the world data centers go out. “If our phones suddenly our televisions our laptops go to black we cannot make any bank transaction we cannot telework we can not make video calls absolutely anything and that is precisely what was shown in the square of the center of Madrid.”
Emilio Díaz: “Spain will go from a lawsuit of 1,589 exabytes, from the closing of 2024 to almost double up to 3,028 exabytes in 2028”
The goal of Spain DC is to become “Vertebrate element of society through digital transformation, enabling equal opportunities and improving the quality of life of citizens“. In a recent report presented two weeks ago, with the title” Demand and Impact of Data Centers in Spain, Spain DC pointed out that growth in data centers It will be marked by five vectors: “The rise of Multicloud architectures, the massive adoption of AI and data processing, the growth of IoT devices, the arrival of 5G with ultra -granted speeds and the need for low latency.” In the same work, Spain DC warned of the loss of positions of Spain compared to Europe in this sector of activity since 2018, so the entity encouraged to “annually increase 2.2% of data volumetry to reach an average of 22.5% in 2028”.
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