Renfe has a contract of 4,000 million euros in its hands. And no Spanish company gives you the trains you are looking for

Renfe is preparing to choose the lucky company that will supply at least 30 high-speed trains. It is the most expensive tender in the company’s history, with around 4,000 million euros at stake. It is also the litmus test to see if Spain once again positions itself as a leading country in high speed. The contract. 1,362 million euros insured and the possibility of reaching 1,777 million euros. That’s only with the purchase. Because if we take into account the cost of maintenance, a long-term contract is estimated at 4,000 million euros. This is the contest to which anyone can apply. As long as, of course, it is capable of delivering 30 high-speed trains and is open to the delivery of another ten units if the Spanish company so requests. It is one of the previous steps to launch a Madrid-Barcelona line in less than two hours. A comprehensive renewal of the line thanks to a Spanish invention and new trains capable of reaching top speeds of 350 km/h are essential. Quickie. In substance and form. Because in order to comply with the specifications of the Renfe contract it is essential that the trains can run at a maximum of 350 km/h as we say. Inside they will have to accommodate 450 passengers, have a space for transporting bicycles and a cafeteria car. But in addition, Renfe wants the chosen company to deliver at least five units in the first 40 months once the contract is signed. At the latest, the last unit of the fleet of 30 trains will have to be delivered before month 78. That is, the company will have to have everything ready in less than six and a half years and after three years Renfe has to begin to reap the first fruits. “Citizens would not understand”. That is the warning that José Ignacio Jainaga, president of Talgo, has issued in statements collected by The Mail. And the obligations included in the contract specifications leave this Spanish company in a very complicated position according to experts. In fact, Jainaga wanted to highlight the efficiency of its trains, which it considers are capable of offering an efficiency “35%” higher than rivals, but it has not talked about deadlines or being able to reach the aforementioned 350 km/h with its trains. Despite this, he considers that citizens “would not understand that the regulator, the operator, and ultimately the Government, do not consider Talgo’s solutions as the best adapted to the priorities of Spanish society.” CAF, another company specialized in the construction of trains, would also be outside the conditions required by the contract right now, they explain in The Basque Journal. The company has the approval for its trains to run at 300 km/h in Spain since 2020 (the most advanced reach 320 km/h top speed) but with such tight deadlines, CAF would be left out because it would not be able to develop a new platform in time. Without a trace of Spain. Both CAF and Talgo understand that with these conditions they will not be able to compete in a contest that is considered one of the most attractive in Europe. At the moment, it does not seem that either company can offer such fast trains within the planned times. CAF, as we say, does not have a platform capable of reaching this speed. Talgo, on the contrary, managed to reach 360 km/h with their Talgo Avril but they are limited in their approval to reach a maximum of 330 km/h. But, in addition, the relationship between Talgo and Renfe is not going through the best moment. The Avrils arrived with reliability problems that hit the ceiling with the fissures in Madrid-Barcelona. Renfe considers that, since they are under warranty, Talgo must fix them but this company says that the problem is generated by the infrastructure. In addition, Renfe sanctioned Talgo with more than 100 million for being late in delivering these trains. A punishment that Ignacio Jainaga, president of Talgo, claims to have been resolved although no further details have been given, stated in The Confidential. Beyond Spain. In the midst of these controversies, Óscar Puente, Minister of Transportation, did not hesitate to show interest in trains that are manufactured far from our borders. It makes sense because, according to the experts referenced in the previous media, only Hitachi or Siemens seem really well positioned to be able to compete for this project. Before the bidding rules were announced, Puente toured the factories of these companies. He appeared, for example, at the Siemens factory whose Velaro Novo Yes, it can operate at more than 350 km/h. Hitachi has the ETR 1000 that Trenitalia uses for Iryo and that reach a top speed of 400 km/h. But, also, Puente also traveled to China where he praised the CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles trains because they are capable of reaching the aforementioned 350 km/h but, above all, he praised their ability to deliver them in record time and at a much more competitive price. He came to point out that: “Chinese manufacturers deliver trains at half the price in a period of six months to two years, while the European industry offers them to you for 60 months. I am the politician who buys and I don’t have 60 months” However, this possibility has been put into more doubt because the European Commission is investigating this company because it considers that the Chinese State has doped it financially, which could leave it out of Renfe’s famous 4 billion euro contract. Photo | MaedaAkihiko In Xataka | “They deliver trains in six months at half the price”: Renfe needs new AVE and is clear that China will give them to them

China just launched a rocket without telling anyone. It turns out that it is the most ambitious in its history

China has taken seriously that “first come, first served” thing. Although the 1967 Outer Space Treaty states that No State can claim sovereignty over the Moon, Mars or any other celestial body, what does apply is that the geostationary orbital positions and frequency bands work as “first come, first served”. What does this mean? Well, the country or company that first registers and coordinates a constellation or a position with certain frequencies gets priority of use. This context is necessary to understand why SpaceX or Amazon are so interested in mass launching satellites into low orbit, and also why China has been accelerating the pace for months with their rockets in an aggressive expansion maneuver. So aggressive that finish of surprise and secret launch of a Long March 12B rocket with a double objective: to continue feeding its satellite constellation and to demonstrate that its reusable rocket can compete against the Falcon 9 from SpaceX. China and the space sprint This past Monday, the operators of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi Desert, had work. In the American early morning, a rocket Long March 12B It left for low orbit with a cargo of satellites that will feed the Qianfan megaconstellation. This is China’s response to SpaceX Starlink and it seems that the mission went well because the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation declared the flight a success. There is a double reading here. On the one hand, the Long March 12B is one of the responses to SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It is a reusable rocket that has a first stage intended to land by propulsion on a recovery platform on Earth. It can transport 20 tons to low Earth orbit and this was its first flight… although was not done no recovery attempt. The other reading is that China is in aggressive mode launching things into space. It has been a very busy few months with different missions both in low orbit and in its Tiangong space stationbut the interesting thing about this launch of the Long March 12B is that people found out through social networks. When a mission is going to be carried out, whether it is more or less media-related, a series of prior notices are made to both the international authorities that control the air and maritime space in case something goes wrong. However, This mission has been carried out in absolute secrecybeing an unusual practice in both government and private programs. In the end, it is one more demonstration of what we were talking about: China has stepped on the accelerator to claim a space that can only be claimed by getting there and occupying it, and that is vital within the framework of user service (satellite Internet, wow) and, above all, for strategic reasons and technological sovereignty. Because it may seem that companies and countries want to bring the Internet everywhere, but the strategy is different: Controlling constellations and their orbital resources means controlling critical infrastructure such as satellite Internet, Earth observation, and military communications. Geopolitical advantage by arriving first in a space that the rival might want to occupy with other types of satellites. Arriving first forces the others to play on their board. And most importantly: the space you are interested in occupying is finite and everyone wants their land as soon as possible. In the end, this “secret” flight marks number 647 of the Long March series and is one more example that China is deeply involved in a new space race in which it competes directly against the United States, but in which Europe is also working to have something to say. In Xataka | Europe has almost ready something that, until recently, seemed practically a dream: its first reusable spacecraft

AI has caused the collapse of even a non-AI industry: gas turbines

When everyone runs away, Meta’s former CTO stays. While the majority of Silicon Valley investors have abandoned the C thesisfile Tech —tired of promises that do not turn into real business—, Mike Schroepfer just announced that it has raised 250 million dollars to do exactly the opposite. Its background, Gigascale Capitalhas closed its first round with institutional investors to back founders who, in their own words, are “rebuilding the brick-and-mortar economy.” The news comes at a time when the climate technology sector has a difficult reputation. As explained TechCrunch, “Conventional wisdom” has been soured by the “Climate Tech” label. Schroepfer, known in the industry simply as Schrepis challenging the market consensus. Or as the same media describes it: “Zigging when most are zagging” (zigzagging when everyone goes in the other direction). Does this bet make sense? First of all, we must understand the underlying problem: gas turbines, the most conventional electricity generation system that exists, currently have a waiting list that extends until the early 2030s. It is not that there is a lack of green technology, it is that there is simply a lack of energy. And companies trying to connect to the electrical grid are finding it increasingly difficult. The person responsible. And the question is, who has accelerated that demand to this point? Artificial intelligence. The sector has undergone a structural change in recent years, driven precisely by the energy demands of AI. Data centers consume huge amounts of electricity and networks cannot cope. Faced with this situation, many companies are trying to generate their own electricity. As Schroepfer himself notedthe “bring your own energy” model (Bring-Your-Own-Power) will become a decisive competitive advantage in intensive industries. But there is no easy path there either: even traditional turbines have a waiting list. As Pulse 2.0 detailsaccelerated electrification, industrial relocation, AI deployment and increasingly extreme climate events are simultaneously putting pressure on physical infrastructure that has been aging for decades. The business of scarcity. The company, Gigascale, was founded in 2023 by Schroepfer along with Victoria Beasley and Evaline Tsai. The fund emerges from a process that the former Meta executive describes as a systematic study of the climate sector during the pandemic. In three years they have built a portfolio of more than 25 companies in areas ranging from clean energy and grid infrastructure to critical minerals, advanced manufacturing and what they call “physical AI”: applications of artificial intelligence to design, manufacture and deploy real-world systems. Schroepfer’s investment logic does not pivot on environmental virtue, but on competitiveness. Their argument is the following: solar went from producing 40 gigawatts a year to 600 in a decade because it became cheaper. “The companies we support win because they are cheaper, faster and more reliable. This is how adoption scales. Climate impact is the result of systems that work better,” declared in a statement. When the waiting list is the opportunity. The fund’s portfolio already has specific names that illustrate this philosophy: New energy generation: Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Xcimer Energy (which achieved the first flash of its commercial laser system in late 2025) are working to make nuclear fusion a reality. For its part, Radiant is moving toward one of the first commercial deployments of nuclear microreactors in the United States. Infrastructure for AI: Arbor Energy has signed an agreement with GridMarket to supply up to 5 gigawatts of clean, zero-emissions energy to data centers. In parallel, Fractile announced a $136 million expansion to manufacture AI processors specifically designed to reduce electricity consumption. Circular and industrial economy: Heron Power, founded by Drew Baglino – former Tesla vice president for propulsion and energy division – develops industrial power electronics. In addition, companies like Dioxycle have signed multi-year agreements with giants like L’Oréal to convert captured CO₂ emissions into ethylene to make packaging. There is an underlying irony. The world has been debating for years how to decarbonize for environmental reasons. And it turns out that the catalyst that is making the transformation of the energy system urgent and inevitable is not any climate summit: it is Artificial Intelligence. As investors flee the label Climate Tech Considering it too ideological or unprofitable, the demand for energy is so brutal that not even the most conventional gas turbines can cope. The opportunity exists precisely because the problem is real. And Schroepfer, who comes from building the systems that consume that energy, is very clear about it. Image | Unsplash Xataka | From “tokenmaxxing” we have moved on to “tokenwasting”: the level of waste in AI is reaching unprecedented levels

22 hours straight non-stop

Airbus has taken off for the first time the A350-1000ULR, an ultra-long-range variant designed so that commercial aircraft can cross the planet without a single stopover. The premiere took place a few days ago in Toulouse (France), where the aircraft flew three hours and 43 minutes and exceeded 41,000 feet in altitude, about 12,500 meters. We tell you everything in detail. The plane. The A350-1000ULR is, in essence, an A350-1000 to which An extra fuel tank has been added at the rear of the fuselage. This change in its structure gives it around 1,000 nautical miles more autonomy than the standard version, that is, about 1,850 additional kilometers. With this it aims to become, once in service, the commercial aircraft with the longest range in the world, surpassing the A350-900ULR. What was it created for?. Behind is the ambitious Project Sunrise of the Australian airline Qantas, which seeks to directly link Sydney with cities such as London or New York. The Sydney-London route exceeds 18,000 kilometers and until now required making at least one stop along the way. According to the company itselfthis aircraft will allow “direct flights between two continents that have never before been connected without stopovers.” The 22 hour challenge. The A350-1000ULR is designed to endure journeys of up to 22 hours uninterrupted, and that changes certain priorities from an engineering point of view, since the range alone is not enough, it is also important that the cabin is bearable for almost an entire day. That is why the certification will analyze ventilation, temperature control and a new cooling system for the onboard kitchens, lighter and more efficient. On a plane like this, every kilo counts for consumption. The cabin will also have a special configuration with a space where passengers can stretch their legs. What happens now. The inaugural flight opens the season for an entire test campaign of about two months aimed at certifying all the modifications. The device that has flown, identified as MSN 707carries specific test instrumentation and will later be reconditioned to have all Qantas commercial configurations. Curiously, it will not be the first to arrive at the airline, since the second device is in an advanced assembly phase and, since it is not carrying the test equipment, will be delivered soonerscheduled for April 2027 and a four-class cabin. Figures for an ambitious project. Qantas has ordered 12 units of this version for Project Sunrise, in addition to another 12 standard A350-1000s to reinforce its international network. The model is the fourth passenger variant of the A350 family which, according to Airbus data, had accumulated some 1,579 orders from 68 customers and more than 700 aircraft operating on long-haul routes at the end of April of this year. The range will soon grow with the A350Fthe upload version that is still in development. Cover image | Airbus In Xataka | Airbus had a single center in the world to convert commercial aircraft into military tankers. Now another one will open in Seville

The best MediaMarkt offers in technology, today June 7

We end the week with a good assortment of offers at MediaMarktespecially when it comes to mobile phones. If you were thinking of renewing the one you have, be careful because there are very competitive prices. In addition, there are also quite interesting offers on some consoles and even refrigerators. Xiaomi 17T by 499 euros with coupon, the new Xiaomi mobile with a discount of 250 euros. iPhone 17 by 899 eurosthe best price we have seen on an Apple mobile to date. nintendo switch 2 by 459 eurosthe Nintendo console with a video game to choose from four different options. Google Pixel 10 by 674.10 euros When paying from the app, one of the best prices you have received to date. Refrigerator Ok Ofk 181 by 99 euroswith 93 liters and ideal for the summer. Nintendo Switch 2 + video game The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi 17T He Xiaomi 17T It has been launched with some quite attractive offers, especially if we want to buy it with a good discount. MediaMarkt, for example, has it 499 eurosalthough to have it at this price you have to follow these steps: Sign in to MediaMarkt. Use the coupon 50XIAOMI17TMM. It is worth mentioning that if you are a student you can get an additional discount of 50 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links iPhone 17 He iPhone 17 It has also dropped in price after a good number of months remaining above 900 euros. It can be purchased at MediaMarkt for 899 euros. And… what does it stand out for? Basically on its screen, which is 6.3 inches and reaches a 120Hz refresh rate. Also for its minimum storage of 256 GB and its good battery. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links nintendo switch 2 MediaMarkt has once again launched a good offer on the nintendo switch 2. The console costs right now 459 eurosbut we can also take a video game to choose from totally free adding it through the “Alternatives” button in the store. These are the video games available: ‘Hades 2’. ‘Kirby Air Riders’. ‘Metroid Prime 4 Beyond’. ‘Mario Tennis Fever’. Nintendo Switch 2 + video game The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 He Google Pixel 10 It has also fallen, and in what way. The version with 256 GB of internal storage is on sale right now for a price of 674.10 euros. It is one of the best we have seen to date, although to buy it for this price you have to do it in a specific way, which is basically paying via the MediaMarkt app. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Refrigerator Ok OFK 181 If now that summer is approaching you miss having a small refrigerator at home, MediaMarkt has the one on offer. Ok Ofk 181 for a price of 99 euros. It is a refrigerator 86 centimeters high, 47 cm wide and 45 cm deep that has a capacity of 93 liters. In addition, it comes with several trays, a vegetable drawer and an extra cold one for ice cream and snacks. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt and Compradicción (header), Xiaomi, APple, Nintendo, Google, Ok In Xataka | Best iPhones. Which one to buy in 2026 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality-price In Xataka | After testing them, Xataka experts agree: these are the best mobile phones of 2026

the graph that proves that Europe plays something else

Today the rich are richer than ever and there are more of them than ever in the history of humanity. However, their distribution throughout the planet is very different from how they did a decade ago because, quite simply, there are countries where the ultra-rich grow more. Only in this last five years, 162,191 new ultra-rich “appeared”, that is, 89 people crossing the economic threshold of 30 million dollars a day (the barrier of high net worth individuals, or HNWI for short). Understanding where money is concentrated is the first step in anticipating investments, influences and geopolitical tensions. The club of the very rich. The graph you see below these lines has been prepared by Visual Capitalist and orders the states of the world according to two parameters: how many new ultra-rich people gain and how fast that club of very rich people grows. Combining the two makes sense: a high number may not be that high in a broad-based country like the United States, and a high percentage increase implies that something new is making people rich there. The data comes from the real estate consultancy and wealth manager Knight Frank through its report “The Wealth Report 2026“, which uses its own economic growth model including variables such as GDP growth, inflation, interest rates or the behavior of financial markets. Where there are more and more rich people. Visual Capitalist Why is it important. In a sentence: because money calls money. Where the ultra-rich live, capital also comes: buyers of luxury properties, investors in startups, investment funds, demand for high-level services… On the other hand, these people who concentrate wealth are also the subject of regulations in order to reduce economic and fiscal inequalities in a kind of tug-of-war of attracting and retaining capital in the face of economic imbalances in welfare economies. The United States is a factory of the rich: It is home to almost 40% of all the world’s rich people with more than 10 million dollars, almost double that of China (second). In the segment of 100 million or more, it also exceeds 40% of the world total. The explanation for this accumulation of wealth lies in a mix of a highly developed stock market, low tax pressure on capital, a mature and solid entrepreneurial ecosystem, and a legal system that firmly protects private property. Between 2021 and 2026, the US has added almost 67,000 new ultra-rich people, triple that of China. It is the largest manufacturer of great fortunes on the planet, notably compared to the second. That economic phenomenon called India. India is the most interesting case on the entire list because it combines speed and scale. In the last five years, its population of ultra-rich grew by 63.4% thanks to technological entrepreneurship, the digitalization of the economy and the development of its capital markets. It is not inherited or extractive wealth: it is wealth created by entrepreneurs and companies. Thus, the Asian giant has already taken bronze after the United States and China and is imposing a ferocious pace: India already has 207 billionaires and by 2031 the projection points to 313, 51% more. It is, in short, the only country that simultaneously appears in the top positions in both percentage growth and absolute volume of new great fortunes, thus becoming the economy with the greatest potential for private wealth creation in the next two decades. Europe is on another roll. Europe grows piano piano and not without internal tensions. Germany, Switzerland and France occupy third, fifth and seventh place respectively in terms of increase in ultra-rich people, but if we look at the speed of growth, they almost disappear from the ranking in favor of unexpected ones like Romania or Greece. The problem is not so much the numbers but the fiscal pressure, and stricter regulation where private property collides head-on with the welfare state. However, within the continent itself there are tremendously unequal policies, from the Swiss tax haven to France and your plan to tax the richest. Those covered: Poland, Qatar, Indonesia and Vietnam. Just a decade ago these countries did not appear in any pool of private wealth, but there is Poland as the outstanding leader in percentage growth of ultra-rich people between 2021 and 2026 with 109.2%, which has meant going from 1,442 to 3,017 individuals. Qatar follows with an increase of 106.9% and then Türkiye, with 93.6%. It is, in any case, double or triple the average. Of course, there is an essential nuance: they start from very small bases, hence in absolute terms they are still small groups compared to Germany or France. In the next five years the ranking is completed with other emerging countries: Indonesia leads the projections with an expected growth of 82%, followed by Saudi Arabia and Poland with 63% each. Just behind, Vietnam with 59%. What do they all have in common? Improve the scenario for private capital: more legal certainty, accelerated industrialization and in the case of Middle Eastern countries, almost zero taxation accompanied by residency programs for large assets. In Xataka | The countries with the highest number of billionaires among their population, brought together in a very revealing graph In Xataka | Seven of the ten largest fortunes in the world in 2026 are due to AI: this illustrative graph makes it very clear Cover | Visual Capitalist

is that we are not interested in the least

The United States struck first. Europe’s response was to negotiate. That was the first reaction of the European Union to the 25% tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s Government on cars, the parts that make them up, steel and aluminum. Also to the 20% tariff in flat rate format that the United States imposed on all European Union countries in April 2025 when a trade war broke out that is still ongoing. Faced with the American attack, the first thing the European Union did was negotiate. Logical if we take into account that Europe is risking the future of many sectors, but the automobile is especially critical. According to UGTOn average in Europe, 3.2% of employees in each country work in the production of vehicles and engines or in activities associated with them such as repair or distribution and sales. The document mentions the Draghi Reportthe result of a study commissioned by the European Union from the former president of the European Central Bank to seek solutions to the European economic decline in the face of emerging powers. It noted that in Europe there are 13.8 million people working in the automobile sector, representing 6.1% of the active population. According to the European CommissionIn 2025, vehicles worth 38.9 billion euros were exported to the United States. Only the United Kingdom, which bought cars worth 34.3 billion euros, rivals this country. To this we must add that many European vehicle manufacturers produce in Mexico or Canada as bridges to cheaper entry into the United States. The result was immediate. The Group Volkswagen stopped its deliveries in the United States and its shipments by rail from Mexico. Mercedes considered reduce your offereliminating the smallest models that report the lowest profit margin. BMW chose to absorb the tariffs softening the blow as best as possible. And Stellantis sent home to workers inside and outside the United States to produce fewer cars. Finally, an agreement was reached whereby European cars would pay 15% in the United States while a red carpet was laid out in the opposite direction. It wasn’t coincidence. An impossible response proposal As we say, in search of a solution, the European Union put on the table a non-existent tariff for cars arriving from the United States. In The World they collected the words of Ursula von der Leyenpresident of the European Commission, recalling that this same proposal had already been put on the table two months before. However, the European Commission stressed that they did not receive an adequate response then. And the same thing ended up happening two months later. In April 2025, Donald Trump went before the cameras to threaten China with raising tariffs even further and to indicate that he is not convinced by the European proposal. For the president of the United States, it was not enough. “The EU has been very tough over the years. I always say that it was formed to hurt the United States in trade. That is the reason why it was formed (…) They came together to create a monopoly situation, to create a unified force against the United States in trade. (…) We pay for them to protect them militarily and they play us in trade. So it is not a good combination,” he stressed in words collected by The Country. The problem for Europe is that the trade deficit of the United States with Europe in the purchase and sale of cars was and continues to be very high. And the North American Government is not willing to accept that Europe compensates part of these losses (and other products sold to the United States) with services. Despite everything, the balance remains positive for Europe, as seen in this graph of elDiario.es. According to ACEA15% of the vehicles exported by Europe are destined for the United States. However, the value is high because 22% of the money made from exports to the entire world comes from the United States. Those 38.5 billion euros contrast with the 7.7 billion euros that we import from the country. By units, Europe had shipped 749,170 light cars to the United States the previous year, while we had purchased 164,857 vehicles. On average, a car sold to the United States costs about 51,400 euros. Back, each car sold by the United States to Europe costs about 46,800 euros. This explains to us that if the United States only wants a balanced trade balance between entry and exit of vehicles, it is almost impossible to achieve. But there are many reasons why Europe cannot match the sales that the United States makes of our cars. Firstly, due to a purely cultural problem, the United States does not manufacture cars that fit the European philosophy. In general, they manufacture extremely large cars for European cities, with larger and more fuel-efficient engines than European ones. And not only that, the United States has encountered the problem that a large part of the automobile manufacturing industry has left the country to locate in Mexico and Canada. Trade agreements with these countries allow them to sell cars “American style” by producing them cheaper than within their borders. Europe has been finding a productive market for each car. Those with a higher cost (but a higher profit margin) are manufactured, above all, in Germany and France where costs are higher. The smallest ones are produced in Spain or in countries with lax trade agreements such as Morocco or Türkiye. Only within its borders (Germany and Poland) do distortions occur, such as that between the United States and Mexico and Canada. The problem for the United States is that the Europeans do manufacture cars that are of interest there, sending them from Europe or from Mexico and Canada, but they also already manufacture the cars that the Europeans themselves are interested in. The United States manufactures a type of vehicle that is little in demand in Europe and, in fact, brands like Ford have been manufacturing the vehicles that interest us … Read more

paying 920 million a month to SpaceX

Elon Musk created SpaceX for space exploration, reducing costs related to transportation and ultimately colonizing Mars, but what he has found is a vein on Earth: Google and SpaceX They just signed a lucrative agreement of infrastructure that puts Elon Musk’s space company at the center of the enterprise AI ecosystem. Among other things, because it is not the first agreement it has signed of this type: in May it already made same with Anthropic. Bottom line: Google is going to pay SpaceX almost a billion dollars a month to lend it computers. It may be a simplification, but it is not an exaggeration: SpaceX has tens of thousands of the most powerful graphics cards in the world in its data centers and Google urgently needs them so that its artificial intelligence continues to stand up in the AI ​​battle. 920 million dollars a month. That is the agreed price for the rental of part of its processing capacity, specifically 110,000 Nvidia GPUs, CPUs, memory and related components, from October 2026 to June 2029. That is, approximately $30 billion over the life of the contract. The rollout will be progressive, so until its entry into force in October, Google will pay a lower rate. To put the movement in perspective, Jensen Huang, revealed As of October 2025, the company had shipped a cumulative total of 4 million Hopper GPUs (H100 and H200) and 3 million Blackwell GPUs since its launch. The 110,000 GPUs in the Google and SpaceX contract are equivalent to what Nvidia ships globally in about a week at the current production rate. Why is it important. Because it is a reflection of the current state of the race for AI: Google is a company with plenty of financial and technological muscle. Without going any further, Google together with Amazon and Microsoft control more than 60% of the global cloud infrastructure market, according to data from Synergy Research (yes, with a 14% share in cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS), it is the third in contention). And still it is not enough: TechCrunch collects the statements from a Google representative explaining that demand for Gemini Enterprise has even exceeded their expectations. For SpaceX, the impact is tremendous: the space launch company has managed to partially and on the fly convert itself into a cloud infrastructure provider. The agreement also comes at the perfect time: one week before its shares begin trading on the Nasdaq. Documentation provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that Musk’s company intends to raise $75 billion at a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion, the largest IPO in history. Context. As we mentioned in the intro, the agreement reached between SpaceX and Google is similar to the one reached with Anthropic at the end of May and by which the company led by Dario Amodei agreed to pay $1.25 billion per month until 2029 to rent all the available capacity of the Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee. As a curiosity, this center was initially built by xAI, now integrated into SpaceX. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is investing ruthlessly. Already is committed more than 180 billion dollars to spend on technological infrastructure in 2026 alone and has announced an expansion of 80 billion more. The agreement with SpaceX is the bridge while it materializes. In detail. As with the agreement with SpaceX, there is a cancellation clause: if it fails to provide access to the number of GPUs committed by September 30, 2026 (just one day before the full deployment takes effect), Google can either accept the number provided with a reduction in that quota or cancel everything. Likewise, both SpaceX and Google can terminate the agreement simply with 90 days’ notice after December 31, 2026. Important: Google retains all intellectual property of its AI models, content and data even if they run on SpaceX servers. SpaceX puts in the machinery, but doesn’t have access to what’s inside. Yes, but. The cancellation clause puts a possibility on the table: that SpaceX cannot provide those 110,000 operational GPUs before September 30, 2026, something essential to close this lucrative agreement under the terms described. This agreement with Google and the previous one with Anthropic put an obvious conflict of interest on the table: SpaceX is an infrastructure provider for two of the big rivals of xAI and its Grok models, so Elon Musk finds himself in a curious situation: he is the one who decides which infrastructure he gives up and which one stays. We do not know which SpaceX data center will be for Google and Musk has already indicated, according to TechCrunchthat Colossus 2 is reserved for xAI. In Xataka | The most worrying sign for Google: its own AI engineers prefer to use Anthropic AI In Xataka | Who is really winning the AI ​​race, in a graph that puts Google in trouble Cover | dvids and Flickr

Spain is 2º C warmer than in the 80s

When a new summer season arrives, almost all of us have a conversation that includes one sentence: “Every year it gets hotter; the summers before were not like that.” And although for some it may seem like a true exaggeration based on nostalgia, the reality is that the data confirms that we really do have much hotter summers. Certificate. Multiple independent studies, supported by official organizations such as the State Meteorological Agency or the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, have reached a devastating conclusion: the average summer temperature in Spain has increased around 2 °C in the last three decades. Although this is not the worst, because even the nights are no longer a refuge from the heat that occurs during the day. The data. If we look at the thermometers with the perspective that time gives, the trend is an ascending line without brakes. According to the Sustainability Observatory, if we compare the decade of 1969-1978 with that of 2009-2018, the average summer temperature has gone from 21.4 °C to 23.8 °C, so there is talk of an increase of 2.4 °C. But it is not necessary to go that far to notice the acceleration of the phenomenon, since the weather reports most recent from MITECO and AEMET point out that the summer of 2025 broke all records since 1961, reaching an average peninsular temperature of 24.2 °C, which represents an anomaly of 2.1 °C above the average we had as a reference, surpassing the previous record held in 2022 of 24.1 °C. Endless summers. The heat is not only more intense, but it lasts much longer. According to AEMET Open Data, the climatological summer current lasts five weeks longer than in the 80s, gaining ground on spring and autumn at a rate of 9 days per decade. And since 1975, the summer heat period has been officially lengthened by 20 days. The impact is even greater in urban environments, where asphalt and concrete act as heat accumulators, as stated in a study by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia that analyzed the period 1971-2022 in peninsular cities and shows chilling figures: an increase of 3.54°C. Tropical nights. During the summer, many of us wait for nightfall to get the temperatures to drop so we can go outside or sleep more comfortably. However, the nights when the thermometer does not drop below 20 ºC They are the order of the day. And to give us an idea, there are 32 million Spaniards regularly affected by these suffocating nights. In Spain as a whole, they have increased an average of 6 days in the last 50 years. If we focus on specific areas, Andalusia, Murcia and the Valencian Community, citizens today suffer 12 more tropical nights a year than a few decades ago. And the reality is that to sleep this becomes very complicated, forcing the use of the beloved air conditioning or fan. In Xataka | Raffaele Bernadello, climate change expert: “The need to actively capture CO₂ is increasingly evident”

They have asked a Galician judge if Raynair and Vueling can charge for hand luggage. The answer could not be more Galician

Two years later, it will be Europe that contributes its point of view. The answer will be key to deciding whether Ryanair, Vueling or Volotea can charge for hand luggage. The decision falls on a court in A Coruña, after the Public Prosecutor’s Office sued these three companies. Those involved will have to wait to know what the High Court of Justice of the European Union says. The demand. Ryanair, Vueling and Volotea are three companies that have been operating at A Coruña Airport. All of them are low cost and are known for applying very strict measures when it comes to hand luggage. So strict that passengers have been allowed for years only with a small backpack if they do not want to face an extra cost on their flight. The Public Prosecutor’s Office, however, considers these practices to be abusive. It is the same line that the Government has followed, which even sanctioned the three for this luggage policy. In that fineRyanair with more than 100 million euros in punishment was the one that had the worst stoppageBut the legality of that fine is in doubt. And what has happened? That the A Coruña court handling the matter has referred the matter to the Superior Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), as explained in The Mediterranean Newspaper. Now, the CJEU must give a reasoned response to the matter and with this response the magistrate will decide. For now, the procedure is suspended. This occurs because the magistrate handling the matter requires the involvement of Brussels in two questions. The first is whether the European Union’s freedom of pricing regulations go against Spanish regulations that require airlines to allow free travel with hand luggage. And, second, if this extra price on the ticket is an abuse of consumers. There is nothing clear. It is not the first time that a Spanish magistrate asks the CJEU for help. The question raised refers to a similar decision taken in 2014 in favor of Vueling, but according to the judge, that victory for the airline is not enough to now settle this new confrontation. And justice itself in Spain has taken decisions that may seem contradictory. In fact, there are two very clear examples: The airline wins: last year, in SevilleRyanair won a trial in which it was accused of a position of power by charging for hand luggage. The passenger wins: also last year, in SalamancaRyanair lost a trial in which 147 euros were claimed for charging a passenger for a carry-on suitcase on different routes between 2019 and 2024. Why does it happen? The problem is that the rules that regulate air traffic do not clearly specify what is or is not carry-on luggage. And they do not specify minimum measurements either. This has caused tension in Spain that is repeated. For the Government, the measures used by low-cost companies They are clearly insufficient to carry the essential luggage. On the contrary, these companies defend that they do allow a backpack to pass under the terms offered and that the law protects them when they decide to price larger packages. Furthermore, they point out that on their planes there are no spaces for all travelers to carry their luggage in a suitcase, but the Government defends that if the luggage fits under the seat, this cannot be an excuse. And Europe has already positioned itself. The problem is that Europe has already taken a position repeatedly on this issue. First, we know that the European Union has worked on a new regulation in which it will specify what minimum measures are required… and the problem for Spain is that These measures coincide with those requested by Ryanair on its trips. Furthermore, the Transport Commissioner of the European Commission seems to have positioned itself clearly in favor of companies. In fact, a file has already been opened against Spain for the fine imposed on Ryanair and the rest of the low-cost companies in relation to the charge for hand luggage. With everything and until there is a clear ruleit seems that the conflict can be repeated over time. Photo | Dimitri Karastelev and Ray Freimanis In Xataka | When Ryanair CEO went to a restaurant he was charged for two extras: “priority seating” and “legroom”

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