Spain finds its niche in the AI revolution: build the foundations

Coreweave, American giant, has commissioned the Spanish ACS to build a data center In Lancaster (Pennsylvania) that will cost 6,000 million dollars (about 5,160 million euros). The installation will start with 100 MW of power, expandable to 300 MW, becoming one of the largest in the world.

Why is it important. Spain does not manufacture specialized chips or develop important models of AI, but it is finding its place in the value chain: build the physical infrastructure that makes the above possible.

ACS, through Turner, is the one who will lead the construction of data centers in the United States with a portfolio of 12,000 million euros.

The backdrop. The United States seeks the desperate infrastructure to feed the AI revolution. Data centers already consume 4.4% of all electricity in the country and are expected to reach up to 12% in 2028. Demand is brutal: 58 THD in 2014 a forecasts of up to 580 twh for 2028. An X10.

The construction company of Florentino Pérez already works for Meta, Vantage Data Center and other technological giants. Your Turner subsidiary is who is more promoting its recent growth.

In figures. The project will generate 600 jobs during construction and 70 initial permanent positions, which will grow up to 245. Coreweave calculates that each direct position will create six additional jobs.

The announcement was faced with Donald Trump, which has promised 70,000 million dollars in investments In AI infrastructure.

The panoramic. There is some trend that goes beyond ACS:

• ACCIONA builds solar parks that feed data centers.
• Electric network exports intelligent network technology.
• Ferrovial competes for digital infrastructure contracts in the United Kingdom.

Spain has found its specialty: we do not invent the AI, but we know how to build buildings, networks and energy infrastructure that makes it possible.

Deepen. ACS’s commitment has 2,000 MW in development and another 4,000 MW identified. The company He anticipated this movement in 2023buying land in Madrid for its first data center in Spain, which will operate since 2025.

We are not architects of the AI revolution, but good masons.

In Xataka | Spain promised them very happy as the power of the data centers. Did not have the heat waves

Outstanding image | ACS