This financial contribution, although voluntary, represents one of the fundamental requirements to submit the Iberian bid for one of the five AI gigafactories planned by the European Union. The town of Móra la Nova, in Ribera d'Ebre, aims to be the legal headquarters and main operational center for this strategic project.
Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, highlighted that Spain is leading digital transformation and this investment will provide access to advanced supercomputing capabilities, benefiting companies and researchers.
Recently, the Generalitat Government and the Council of Ministers approved the statutes and shareholder agreement for the public-private commercial company managing the project. This company, headquartered in Móra la Nova, anticipates a total investment of 719 million euros from the Government, managed through the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT).
The private sector will hold the majority stake (51.01%), while the public sector will contribute the remaining 48.99%, with a significant role for the State (47.99% via SETT) and the incorporation of the Catalan Land Institute (Incasòl) with an initial 1%. Initial shareholders such as Telefónica, ACS - AI Infrastructure Development, Banco Santander, and Multiverse Computing are also part of the project.
The AI gigafactories initiative, large-scale data centers for training advanced models, was included in the EuroHPC Regulation in January 2026. The approved funds will also support strategic quantum technology initiatives.
Spain already has two AI factories granted by EuroHPC: one at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and another at the Galician Supercomputing Center. The future gigafactory in Móra la Nova would strengthen this network, with links to the BSC and a sub-site in San Fernando de Henares (Madrid), also supported by Portugal.
