Spanish government green lights Telefónica-led Gigafactory bid

Linus Gregoriadis2026-06-17T15:51:00

Source: Telefónica

Spanish government gives the go-ahead for public-private venture that will lead European AI Gigafactory project. Private shareholders include Telefónica, ACS, and Santander.

This article includes:

Organisations: ACS; AION; Capgemini; Catalan Government; Delta Fiber; Deutsche Glasfaser; EDF; El Pais; EQT; Euractiv; EuroHPC; European Commission; European Union; Iliad; Lorca Investment Consortium; MásOrange; Multiverse Computing; NVIDIA; Orange; Radius Global Infrastructure; Santander; SoftBank; Spanish Government; Spanish Ministry For Digital Transformation; Spanish Society For Technological Transformation; Telefónica.
Geographic: Europe; France; Hauts-de-France; Spain.
People: Emilio Gayo; Juan Azcue; Ursula Von Der Leyen.
Themes: AI Gigafactory; AI Infrastructure; Data Centres; Digital Assets; Energy Infrastructure; European Funds; High-Performance Computing; Infrastructure Investment; Next-Generation Processors; Nuclear Energy; Private Equity; Public-Private Venture; Quantum AI Software; Subsea Cable Connections; Technological Redundancy.

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