Spain wants its own public Hugging Face. The problem is that he is late to a battle that already has winners.

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The Spanish Government has announced the creation of the Open Source AI Community, a platform that aspires to become the meeting point of the Spanish AI ecosystem. The initiative, presented by the Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI, María González Veracruz, is supported by ALIA and promises to democratize access to AI through open models, datasets and integration tools. Yes, but. He timing It is everything in technology, and Spain arrives when the game is already played: Hugging Face centralizes the development of open models at a global level. GitHub hosts the most important repositories. Flame Meta has become the de facto standard for many developers. Creating a national alternative now is like launching a social network in 2025: technically possible, strategically debatable. Between the lines. The official rhetoric speaks of technological sovereignty and preventing “the digital future from being in the hands of a few.” It is a legitimate argument that works in China, where the State has resources to build parallel ecosystems and close digital borders. But Spain, for good and bad, is not China. Open source AI is, by definition, global and collaborative. Fragmenting it into national initiatives contradicts its very nature. The contrast. The press release sent by the Ministry lists three objectives: Promote practical solutions. Channel Spanish leadership. And create a talent pool. The remaining question is simpler: who is going to choose ALIA when Call 4, Mistral either qwen Are they already integrated into thousands of projects? Not only is the community late, it must compete against models that already have traction, complete documentation, and active communities of millions of developers. What is also missing are concrete resources. The announcement is full of conditional promises: “putting public computing capabilities will be explored,” “there will be” hackathons“sessions will be promoted” networking. What is conspicuous by their absence are specific budget commitments, operational infrastructure from day one, or use cases that demonstrate advantages over what already exists. The big question. If Spain does not have the muscle to create viable alternatives to the American or Chinese technology giants, does it make sense to spend resources pretending that it does? Technological sovereignty is a desirable strategic objective, but it requires sustained investment over decades, not announcements with future tense verbs. The history of European technology is full of failed attempts to replicate other people’s successes without the necessary scale or capital. In Xataka | In Europe we have a problem: we are becoming the Japan of the 21st century Featured image | Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence

What’s new and what improvements are there in the new version of the ChatGPT model with two personalities

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Let’s tell you What’s new in GPT-5.1the new version of the model artificial intelligence of ChatGPT. GPT versions are the engine of your interactions with OpenAI’s AI, and the results that are given to you and the way in which they are told to you depend on them. This new update stands out above all for having two versions with different personalities. But in addition to this, there are also other new features that go more under the hood, but that can also make a difference when it comes to serving you the answers. Here, you must be clear that this new version of GPT-5.1 It has reached paying users firstwhether they have a Plus, Pro, Go or Business subscription. Maybe later it will also reach free users, but probably with limited use. Two GPT-5.1 with two ways to respond As we have told you, the main novelty of this new update is that it offers two versions with different personalities. This goes beyond customize ChatGPT with different personalities as you can do in the settings, but there are directly two versions of GPT-5.1, and each of them has a different type of response. On the one hand it is GPT-5.1 Instantwhich is more conversational and with more “warm” or close responses. and then you have GPT-5.1 Thinkingthat use clearer language with less jargon. This last model is trained for deep reasoning, and responds faster on simple tasks, while dedicating more thinking time to complex ones. Paid ChatGPT users will see the ChatGPT 5.1 model activated at the top. By clicking on the name the model selector will open, and in it you can choose between the variants instant and thinking. There is also a way Car which will choose for you which of the two variants to use depending on what you ask in the prompt. Smarter adaptive reasoning GPT-5.1 also improves its internal logic, and now dynamically decides the “thinking time” that you dedicate to a request. Come on, instead of dedicating the same time to each of them, you will dedicate different times depending on the type of request. This way, when you make a simple query it will be processed with minimal calculation and faster, while more advanced reasoning tasks receive additional layers of analysis to improve the results and make them more coherent and context-sensitive. Behavioral improvements and instructions This new model too improves following instructionsbetter “understanding” what you ask and generating responses that are more aligned with it. Each of the two variants adjusts its reasoning to the complexity of the request to ensure that the answers are consistent with everything you ask of them. Better tone and personality controls We already told you that ChatGPT has a setting to determine the tone and personality of the responses. Now, instead of having predefined ringtones the user can configure it. For example, you can choose to make it professional, friendly, or efficient, and apply it consistently across all interactions. For regular users this simply helps you be more comfortable with the answers it gives you. But for companies it is even more important, since you can align the tone with what you want to use both in your communications with customers and in internal documentation. Context retention improvements Context retention is more effective, which improves continuity in long interactions and with multiple shifts. This will help you as a user, but it is especially important in the business environment, in uses such as customer service or knowledge base systems. Performance optimization Response generation is now faster, and token overhead is reduced to make GPT-5.1 a better model for automated environments. It can deliver higher quality or better results using fewer tokens than previous models, reducing the overall costs of using the API. In Xataka Basics | The best prompts to save hours of work and do your tasks with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

At Microsoft they are clear that Windows will end up being an agentic operating system. Users have jumped on him

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Microsoft has big plans for Windows and, how could it be otherwise in these times, artificial intelligence is in those plans. The president of Windows has boasted about the next evolution of Windows to an agentic system, but the response from the community has been clear: no. what has happened. They tell it in Windows Central. Pavan Davuluri, current president of the Windows division, has made a post on X in which it states that “Windows is evolving into an agentic operating system, connecting devices, the cloud and AI to drive intelligent productivity and ensure secure work from anywhere.” The news will be announced on November 19, when the Microsoft Ignite event will be held. The answer. “Enough of this nonsense. Nobody wants this. You live in a Twitter bubble where AI will create a ton of wealth and you will die unless you adopt it now,” he says the answer with the most likes. It is not the only one, the majority of users agree that they do not want an agentic system, some ironize that the evolution of Windows is to make users go to Linux and Mac. The positive comments are in the minority, it seems clear that the majority does not want an authentic operating system. Talk to your PC. Recently Microsoft released “Hey Copilot”; Not only is it integrating AI, they also want us to use voice. The problem with this is that experience tells us that We don’t feel like talking to our PC. The figures make clear that we are more accustomed to doing voice searches on mobile phones than on PCs, with 77% compared to 38% of users who speak with PCs. One reason for this is that we use the PC in places where there are more people and we cannot take it to a corner to do the search, but everyone can listen to us. General discontent. The effort to integrate AI into the operating system is not the only reason for rejection by the community. One of the most criticized points recently is that Microsoft forces that you can only use Windows 11 with an online account. The reason is obvious: trying to sell us services like OneDrive and Microsoft 365. Users also reproach Microsoft for first solving the problems. stability issues and constant updates. Decline. Windows continues to dominate the desktop operating system market, but Statcounter data They say there has been a decline. In September Windows had a 70.81% market share and in October the figure fell to 66.25%. We know where those users have gone: the drop coincides with a rebound in MacOS, which went from 8.33% in September to 14.07% in October. There have been other months with similar changes and it is not a very large variation, but perhaps those who talk about migrating to other systems are not so misguided. Image |Windows in Unsplash In Xataka | The unexpected return of Windows 7: it reaches almost 10% of the market when Microsoft prepares to retire Windows 10

Now you can get this Xiaomi mobile for less than 150 euros

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Xiaomi is a firm that has managed to become one of the best sellers when it comes to mobile phones. Now, it has a promotion in force (from last November 3 to December 1) so you can take the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G at an unbeatable price. Specifically, it is available for 149.99 euros. Plus, you can get it in three colors: black, coral green and lavender violet. Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G 8+128 GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A good, pretty and cheap mobile This Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G It is one of the best-selling mid-range phones from the Chinese manufacturer. Its screen is type 6.67 inch AMOLEDs with resolution of 2,400 x 1,080 pixels. It has a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz and reaches a maximum brightness of 2,100 nits, in addition to having Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Another of its great assets is its photographic system, made up of a 108+8+2 MP triple rear camera and a 20 MP front. As for its battery, it has a capacity of 5,110 mAh and supports fast charging turbo type at 45 W. It comes with NFC and in the connectivity section, it has Bluetooth 5.3 and 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi. The processor of this mobile is the Dimensity 7025-Ultra and in this model on offer, it comes with 6 GB RAM and an internal storage capacity of 128 GB, expandable up to 1 TB via SD card. Some accessories that may interest you for this mobile Oelrstfe for Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G with 2 Pieces Tempered Glass Screen Protector The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 – Wireless headphones 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 | Xiaomi In Xataka | The mid-range mobile phones with the best camera of 2025 In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile in quality price: purchasing and comparison guide

If the solution to the housing crisis in Madrid is to build, there is a municipality that has taken the lead: Alcobendas

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Madrid begins the countdown to have a new and large pool of apartments in the north, relevant news if you take into account how tense its market is and the serious deficit of housing that drags. The Alcobendas City Council has just given green light to the partial plan of the new neighborhood of Los Carriles-Valgrande, a new (and enormous) area of ​​​​the town that will have around 8,600 homesa good part of them (more than 4,600) protected. We will still have to wait before seeing the new blocks built, but its promoters are already anticipating that it will be “the largest urban development project in the north of Madrid”, with a wide range of residential, services and parks. What has happened? That Madrid is a little closer to reinforcing its residential offer with an injection of 8,600 homesa good part of them under protected regime. And that is always news in a market like the capital, marked by the price escalation (both in sales and rentals), certain access conditions each time more draconian and the imbalance between supply and demand. In fact in one of his latest reports The Association of Real Estate Developers of Madrid (Asprima) states that to meet the demand of the community it is necessary to create 40,000 homes per yearwell above the volume of new construction that is being generated right now. As a reference, remember that last year “a maximum peak” of 23,500 homes was delivered and everything indicates that the pace of completions will not reach that mark in the coming years either. Where will they be built? These 8,600 new homes will be built in Los Carriles-Valgrandea new (and ambitious) neighborhood planned in the municipality of Alcobendas. The initiative is interesting for several reasons. In addition to reinforcing the offer, its promoters they boast that it will be “the largest urban project” in the north of the community and one of the developments “with the highest proportion of affordable housing.” In addition, it will “complete” Alcobendas up to its limit with the capital. The new buildings will arrive accompanied by hectares of green areas, two new parks and more than 55,000 m2 dedicated to the tertiary and commercial sector. Its implementation will also generate employment: Alcobendas City Council speaks of 4,000 positions during construction and more than a thousand once the neighborhood is completed. In terms of mobilized capital, it is estimated that the investment will be around 2,300 million euros and the return for the municipality will be around 511 million. Do you know anything else? Yes. Of the 8,600 homes that will be built, around 4,600 (54%) will be protected and 40% will be built on municipal plots. The project also includes the creation of 570,000 square meters of green areas and open spaces, which will include two new and large parks, one next to Monte de Valdelatas and another near the Valdelacasa stream. “Each one will have dimensions that are equivalent to six times the Andalusia parkin Alcobendas”, they need the promoters of the project, who remember that all trees that are affected by the urbanization will be replaced. In fact, they estimate that the area will go from having 2,555 to more than 6,700. He dossier The urban planning area specifies that in total it will occupy about 2.17 million square meters, of which about 57% will be public surface. 25% will be dedicated to green areas and almost 20% to equipment and services. Once it goes ahead, its promoters estimate that it will be able to accommodate around 25,800 inhabitants, a considerable population injection for the area if one takes into account that right now Alcobendas has (according to the INE) 121,400 registered. Why is it news? The project is not new. In fact, Leopoldo Arnaiz, manager of the Valgrande compensation board, remember that there are people who have been working on it for more than 20 years. If it is news now it is because it has just overcome a key obstacle at a bureaucratic level: on Tuesday the local plenary session of Alcobendas gave the green light to the new partial plan, which will allow further progress in the processing of the urbanization. The approval has also been majority: the plan went ahead with the favorable photo of 26 of the 27 councilors of the corporation. “With the approval of the new partial plan we offer legal security for buyers, investors and to continue with the urbanization project in the area and maintain the action schedule,” stands out the mayor of the town, Rocío García Alcántara. Among other issues, the document details the distribution of homes, public spaces and parks, marks the location and layout of roads and what land will be reserved, for example, for green areas. And from now on? The step is also important because it helps urbanization overcome the legal obstacles those he had encountered. In his day the Supreme delayed it due to a technical defect after noticing a failure in the strategic environmental evaluation of an artificial mountain. Once the urbanization works allow it, the idea is to start the work to build blocks and have the first homes “as soon as possible”although the Consistory does not specify dates. “The final approval of the partial plan is great news,” claims Arnaiz. “Today we take a decisive step. We continue to advance and comply with the roadmap that we announced in June. And we reaffirm our commitment to this development, because it is viable, sustainable and necessary, since it responds to a real demand from the residents of the municipality and the north of Madrid.” Images | Valgrande and Alcobendas City Council In Xataka | Madrid needs to decentralize its tourism if it does not want to suffocate. So he’s betting on a “Chinatown” in Usera

A beach bar in Malaga had the happy idea of ​​taking its ‘Sardinator’ robot for a walk. Until the police found out

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An establishment in La Malagueta decided to innovate when it came to attracting new customers with an advertising robot that wandered along the seafront, advertising mojitos, caipirinhas and espetos for four euros. Although the idea was striking and made heads turn among the local residents, the Malaga City Council has stopped the initiative. ‘Sardinator’ does not comply with municipal regulations and the Local Police have already reported the beach bar. The beach bar play. The robot, named Sardinator, walked along the La Malagueta promenade inviting people around to follow its voice to the beach bar. It wasn’t a waiter robot of those that serve inside the premises, but an autonomous device designed to advertise in the middle of a public street. It advertised drinks and food as it moved, although according to MálagaHoyhis ability to avoid obstacles left a lot to be desired: “he avoids trash cans, but he is not so skilled with people”, even tripping over a pedestrian. Why did the police intervene? Just like has shared The medium, Elisa Pérez de Siles, Councilor for Public Roads of the Malaga City Council, assured that this type of robots “are not authorizable” in the city. The use of the device on the promenade violates the municipal ordinance, which is why the Local Police were ordered to draw up a report and report the establishment. Although in other cities they are quite popular devices, in Malaga “there is an ordinance that must be complied with,” said the councilor. The political reaction. The municipal group Con Málaga has also focused on the issue. Its councilor, Toni Morillas, submitted a letter to the mayor asking about the robot after receiving complaints from neighbors who observed the advertising device “with astonishment.” Morillas even described the situation as “Málaga, the lawless city” on his social networks, according to inform MálagaHoy, highlighting the concern over the lack of control over this type of initiatives on public roads. The legal loophole of advertising robots. The case of Sardinator is something very specific and Spanish legislation does not yet specifically contemplate autonomous advertising robots on a public road. Municipal ordinances regulate outdoor advertising through urban planning licenses, but these regulations are designed for static elements such as fences, signs or posters. Many ordinances expressly prohibit the distribution or delivery of brochures and advertising on public roads, and even advertising in circulating or parked vehicles except for very specific exceptions. The boom of robots in hospitality. Sardinator does not seem to have had the same luck as other robots that have had growing popularity, such as those who work inside serving at the tables. In Spain, waiter robots are being introduced mainly in fast food restaurants, chains and some fine dining restaurants. Cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia or Seville have already seen the introduction of these robots in several establishments. The fundamental difference here is that these robots move in controlled private spaces, not on public roads, which avoids conflicts of this type. Without going any further, in Malaga, there are several establishments that have incorporated this type of robots, although never outside the premises, as is the case of Sardinator. How they work. Waiter robots are designed to take orders from the kitchen to the customer’s table, following already marked routes and avoiding obstacles. The manufacturers are mostly of Chinese origin, including PUDU Robotics with its Bellabot and Kettybot models, Orion Star with Lucky, and Keenon, although there are also Spanish companies such as DAX Robotics with its Delibot and Slimbot model. The prices of waiter robots range between 6,000 and 15,000 euros, and they can support up to 60 kilos of load. They are equipped with LIDAR laser sensors and 3D cameras to move autonomously and safely. Robots as an alternative to labor shortages. The labor shortage in the Spanish hospitality industry, which affects more than 60% of businessesaccording to the Bank of Spain, means that this type of device could end up being an effective alternative. This is not about replacing staff, but about easing the burden due to the difficulty in finding waiters and qualified staff, which is why many establishments are turning to service robots as support. Although they are not yet a complete substitute for human interaction nor are they profitable for all establishments, these robots may end up representing a pragmatic response to a structural problem. And now what. The La Malagueta beach bar will have to return to traditional advertising methods or look for alternatives that respect the regulations. Meanwhile, ‘Sardinator’ has stopped touring the promenade and his catchy “mojito, caipirinha, daikiri” promotion is no longer heard in the area. Let’s give a minute of silence for our friendly friend. Cover image | Javier Albiñana In Xataka | The crazy story of the Galician woman who registered El Sol before a notary, sold plots online and then took eBay to court

OpenAI has released GPT-5.1 with two personalities because 800 million users do not want the same AI

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OpenAI has launched GPT-5.1an update of its flagship model that comes in two variants: Instant (conversational and “warmer”), Thinking (deep reasoning). The real novelty is not in the technical metrics, but in something more prosaic: you can now choose between eight conversation tones, from “professional” to “cynical.” It is recognizing that AI as a mass product needs segmentation. It is no longer enough to have just one assistant for everyone. The new model selector for Plus users. Image: Xataka. Why is it important. OpenAI has 800 million users with radically different expectations. Some want a neutral and efficient assistant. Others seek warmth and empathy. Some have even developed problematic emotional ties to the chatbot. The company tries to solve this with personality adjustments, but the underlying problem remains: ChatGPT keeps pretending to be a person, a consistent entity that knows you. This generates the same risks of emotional dependence that have motivated mental health demands and alerts. The facts: GPT-5.1 Instant improves in math and programming, and for the first time uses “adaptive reasoning”: decide when to think harder before answering. GPT-5.1 Thinking, for its part, dynamically adjusts its processing time according to the complexity of the question, being twice as fast in simple tasks and twice as slow in complex ones. The eight available tones (Default, Professional, Friendly, Sincere, Quirky, Efficient, Geek, Cynical) work by injecting different instructions into each prompt. The capabilities of the model do not change, only the presentation changes. Yes, but. The speed of the launch has come at a cost. OpenAI itself admits in its technical documentation that GPT-5.1 presents “known security regressions” compared to the October version. They prioritized time-to-market over exhaustive testing, something striking in a company under intense regulatory scrutiny due to cases of vulnerable users. Furthermore, personalization has limits that OpenAI has had to explicitly acknowledge: “taken to the extreme, personalization would be useless if it only reinforced your worldview.” It is admitting that you are walking a tightrope between engagement commercial and social responsibility. Between the lines. The launch of GPT-5.1 is a symptom of a deeper strategic shift. OpenAI is fragmenting its product because the “one AI fits all” model has failed. GPT-5 was so disappointing that the company had to enable it again GPT-4o as an option the next day. In Xataka | OpenAI has never been more ambitious. And he’s never been so close to not being able to pay his debts. Featured image | Xataka with Mockuuups Studio

Those who boast of using AI have an advantage over those who do not

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In the workplace, today more than ever, using artificial intelligence can make a big difference. What was once a secret or a taboo among employees Now it is a clear advantage and some workers even take advantage of it to stand out. The change in mentality in recent years that has made those who use AI in their work processes “come out of the closet.” Now knowing how to use AI makes your bosses see you as a qualified employee that they want to keep. The change in perception. Until recently, admitting that AI was used at work was almost a synonym of cheatersomething that generated distrust among colleagues and bosses and, therefore, had to be hidden. However, as as detailed The Wall Street Journalnow the situation has been reversed. These AI users have become references, and influencers of AI for the rest of their colleagues, which earns them the respect of their superiors. According to the ‘2024 Labor Trends Index Annual Report‘ Elaborated by Microsoft, 79% of business leaders agree that AI adoption is essential to remain competitive, while 66% acknowledge that they would not hire someone without AI skills. On the other hand, 71% would prefer to hire a candidate with AI skills even if they have less experience in the position. It is no longer a taboo, it is a “must have“. Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, summarizes well this reality: “AI will not take your job, someone who knows how to use it will.” Although in practice it seems that, at least in certain sectors, yes he is doing it. As and how they assure more and more managers at major technology companies developing AI models, employees who have integrated AI into their daily workflow are already They don’t need to be programming experts. nor engineers. They have simply learned to use it themselves through trial and error to get just the result they need. “It takes practice to know how to write instructions. AI can do anything you want it to do, but it only knows as much as you tell it,” he told The Wall Street Journal Kevin Wei, software product manager and AI popularizer since your YouTube channel LiftoffPM. AI’s gifted students. More advanced AI users don’t just use these tools occasionally. The Microsoft studio revealed that 75% of so-called “white collar” employees use some type of AI in their daily tasks, and 90% say that this technology helps them save time. However, for these results to be really useful and not become a black hole junk contentit is necessary to have experienced much more than the rest with different uses of AI and seeks to constantly improve its methods so that AI becomes a central part of your workflow. “You have to train the AI ​​and create a context for it to really reach the desired level. Once you dedicate the necessary time to it, the feeling is incredibly magical,” he confirmed to the WSJ Michael Rueckert, a Claude power user who uses it in his work as a marketing and SEO optimization manager. If you don’t use AI there is no job. It is increasingly common for job offers to require fluency in the use of AI toolsin the same way that a few years ago it was required to have knowledge of office automation. The impact of mastering AI does not go unnoticed. According to data collected by the study ‘Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2025‘ prepared by the consulting firm PWC, employees with AI skills tend to receive better salaries, with an average 56% higher than their colleagues, which reflects greater professional valuation. In fact, large technology companies, which have been the first to implement AI there where they couldhave started a kind of template renewalfiring those employees who do not master AI tools by others who do. Your partner becomes your teacher. The gap between those who use AI and those who do not can also be reduced through training within the companies themselves. However, unlike other areas of knowledge, for the training of employees in AI, companies are betting on promoting collaboration between employees so that they learn from each other, as how he published Bloomberg. Collaborative learning experiences between employees, such as the one explained Tim Foley, head of AI adoption at Internacional Motors, demonstrates that these learning strategies in the use of AI are more accessible to more workers, enhancing not only individual but also collective performance. That is, employees always have a trusted teacher sitting at the next table. In Xataka | “The winners of the AI ​​race will be the electricians or plumbers”: Jensen Huang is clear about where we are headed Image | Unsplash (Vitaly Gariev)

Aragón has just activated its second major data center project. The bet goes through a challenge that is difficult to ignore

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Aragón is going through a unique moment: in just a few years it has gone from competing to attract data centers to announce three mega facilities new ones promoted by Forestalia that aim to strengthen their position on the European cloud map. The announcement by the regional government comes in the midst of a race to attract technological investment, but also in a territory where the electrical network works to the limit and every great project depends on decisions that have not yet been made. The result is a scenario as ambitious as it is full of unknowns, which will determine the real impact of this expansion. How these digital complexes work. A data center is, in essence, a technological heart that stores and processes information for millions of users and companies. Every series that is streamed or every operation carried out in the cloud passes through servers that require stable power and constant cooling. That is why the choice of location is so relevant: electrical capacity and operational security are needed. Aragón has been gaining ground on that map and today is seen as a strategic option for new facilities. The project. The Government of Aragon has detailed that the Búfalo Project includes three data centers in Magallón, Botorrita and Alfamén, backed by an investment of 12,048 million euros. The deployment includes DCM Data, DCM Dédalo and DCM Blue, whose works would begin between 2028 and 2029 and will extend for approximately eight years. According to official estimates, the construction will generate about 30,000 temporary jobs. In the operational phase, each facility will add hundreds of workers, with a total that clearly exceeds a thousand stable positions. Aragón on the international board. The accumulated investments in data centers exceed 70,000 million euros and place the community in the same conversation as consolidated European hubs. According to the President of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, the computing capacity that is being configured rivals that of Dublin and Paris and aspires to approach that of Frankfurt. The regional Executive also states that the data that will be managed will have a European scope, from Germany or France to Italy and the United Kingdom, reinforcing the international dimension of the project. Distributed renewable self-consumption. The Government of Aragon presents self-consumption as a distinctive element of the Búfalo Project, since approximately half of the energy consumption will be associated with wind and photovoltaic parks powered by Forestalia. This volume of generation allows for a renewable supply, although it does not eliminate dependence on the general network, which will provide the rest of the energy. The underlying idea is to combine own generation with existing infrastructure to sustain large-scale facilities. Press to see the message in X The word “self-consumption” may lead one to think that data centers and renewable plants share the same physical space, but this is not the case. Forestalia is setting up parks in various regions of Zaragoza and Teruel, located where the natural resource is most favorable. The data centers, as we say, will be in Magallón, Botorrita and Alfamén, and the connection between both worlds is made entirely through the Red Eléctrica network. It is a distributed scheme that coordinates generation and consumption without a single energy campus. A network to the limit. Aragon produces more electricity than it consumes and exports about 54% of its generation, but that abundance contrasts with a distribution network that functions practically at maximum. A report published in September 2025 sets its occupancy level at 94.3%, well above the national average of 84.3%. This saturation leaves little room to incorporate large consumers such as data centers. The result is a paradox: available energy, but an infrastructure incapable of delivering it to all projects. Projects that have already reached their peak. The bottleneck is not a future hypothesis, but a reality that already affects several operators. According to Heraldothe data centers in the pipeline have requested more than 6,000 MW and only a part has firm access, with cases such as Vantage, which has 90 MW authorized despite aiming for 300. Microsoft also depends on tenders in saturated nodes. The Government itself recognizes that everything will be linked to Red Eléctrica’s planning and the decisions of the central Executive. Water, a debate that is still open? The cooling of data centers has generated concern in Aragon since Amazon asked for late 2024 48% more water for the complexes that already operate in the region. Ecologistas en Acción and the Tu Nube Seca Mi Río platform then warned of the water impact of these facilities in the midst of a structural drought. Azcón maintains that future Forestalia centers will use a closed circuit with “practically imperceptible” consumption and affirms that the debate “is over.” In any case, everything indicates that this matter remains under public scrutiny. To facilitate the path of the Buffalo Project, The Government of Aragon has declared the initiative as of Autonomous General Interest, a figure that allows procedures to be simplified and the different administrations involved better coordinated. This declaration speeds up procedures, but does not resolve the main point of friction: the available electrical capacity. Hence, the regional Executive insists on its willingness to work with the central Government and Red Eléctrica, the only actors that can modify the network planning. Real progress will depend on those decisions. The announcement of the three new data centers, together with the rest of the initiatives in the pipeline, places Aragón at a decisive moment to consolidate its presence on the European cloud map. The investment is notable and so is the promised employment, but much of the result will depend on decisions that are not entirely in the hands of the community. The region has shown intention and movement, although it remains to be seen what the real scope of this bet will be. Images | İsmail Enes Ayhan | Jorge Azcón (X) In Xataka | The European Commission’s pendulum with AI is real: it will sacrifice privacy to … Read more

The largest telescope in the northern hemisphere is looking for a home. And the Canary Islands have just taken the lead

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Spain is getting closer to having in its territory the most powerful telescope on the entire planet, the Teinta Meter Telescope (TMT). Its location may finally be the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, which for many years has been the emergency ‘plan B’, in case the original idea of ​​having it in the United States failed. And in the end, due to a large set of triggers, La Palma is gaining a lot of strength. A change of direction. He original use of the TMT was intended Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. But it is a plan that was paralyzed due to the rejection of the native communities, who consider this a sacred place. Although it is not only the ‘fault’ of the natives, but also of the cuts that the Trump administration has made intended for research and science in general. Given this situation, Spain has offered to host the project in La Palma as announced by the TMT International Observatory LLC on your website. In this case, he thanks the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for the offer made of commit to invest 400 million euros to install this telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. The next steps are focused on developing together with the Ministry a “detailed roadmap towards the possible realization of the TMT at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory”, with the aim of this project moving forward at this location. The importance of La Palma. The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory already houses world-renowned facilities such as the Canary Islands Great Telescope (GTC), which is the largest optical and near-infrared telescope on the planet. In addition, it participates in new generation projects such as the Cherenkov telescopes, dedicated to observing high-energy gamma rays. And this is something that the Minister of Science herself, Diana Morant, wanted to remember, who through from your X account has celebrated this advance as the necessary step to turn “the Canarian sky into the main observatory in the northern hemisphere.” Why it is important. The TMT is not just any project: its construction involves some of the most influential scientific organizations on the planet, such as the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) or the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which represents more than 40 academic entities from around the world. Beyond this, we are also talking about the TMT being one of the three reference telescopes globally along with the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile or the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) being developed in the Atacama Desert. Its 30-meter diameter mirror, made up of 492 hexagonal segments, will make it a key tool for exploring exoplanets, black holes, dark matter and the formation of the first galaxies, with a resolution ten times higher than that of Hubble. Political impact. Beyond the astronomical potential, hosting the TMT would mean a leap in scale for Spain in its presence in international research, reinforcing the role of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) as a strategic partner in global scientific projects and attracting talent and technological investment. Images | Alin Corneliu In Xataka | Which telescope to buy to enjoy the nights and stars: 20 telescopes, binoculars, gadgets, accessories and more

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