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Microsoft will invest another 2.9 billion euros in a new installation in Zaragoza

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Microsoft sends more in Aragon. In October 2023 he announced that would build a megacampus with data centers In that region, and now this bet has been reaffirmed, because the Redmond company will increase the initial investment significantly. 2.9 billion more. As indicated In the worldthe president of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, advertisement Last Friday that Microsoft would expand its previous investment in 2.9 billion euros. The project consists in the creation of a new data center near Zaragoza. 59 hectares for the new campus.Este nuevo centro de datos ocupará 59 hectáreas en la zona de Puerto Venecia, en Zaragoza. It is expected to begin to develop in 2026 with an initial investment of 582 million euros for three years – the cost of building it, they point out In El Heraldo– And the rest of the phases for 2.3 billion more, to be executed in the next 10 years. 10,000 million in total. That makes the figure invested by Microsoft in Aragon already reach 10,000 million euros, a spectacular amount that yes, will benefit from a reduction in fiscal charges. The fourth data center in this region will be added to those already planned in the Recycling Technology Park (63 hectares), Industrial Polygon Centrovía de la Muela (147 hectares) or in Villamayor de Gállego (87.4 hectares). These three centers have a joint investment of 6,600 million euros in the next 10 years. More jobs. The construction phase will allow to create between 1,000 and 2,000 new jobs, and the project expects to be completed in ten years and creates 300 jobs. If the rest of the planned data centers are included for the region, there will be between 900 and 1,200 jobs in total. Economic impact. This last data center will make the impact for Aragon GDP estimated at 2,685 million euros between 2026 and 2030. Aragon is becoming a true nerve point for the technological industry, and in May 2024 already announced a technology park of 42 hectares next to the Ebro River Campus of the University of Zaragoza. Amazon is also installed in Aragon. Amazon was the first to want to create new data centers in Arat what. As indicated In the avant -gardelast year confirmed an investment of 15.7 billion for the construction of four centers (the Burgo de Ebro, Villanueva de Gállego, Huesca and Empresarium). Goal also seems have raised A data center in the region, although this project has not been confirmed at the moment. They will need a lot of energy. These great projects are also generating doubts about how the region will face the enormous energy consumption of these centers. Azcón indicated that the government should continue to invest in infrastructure and in the energy transport network to favor these Big Tech investments, but the truth is that these centers will consume more energy than the entire community. Aragon generates a lot of renewable energybut it is also that the demand imposed by these new centers probably put that supply in trouble: only AWS will duplicate The electrical consumption of Aragon, and Microsoft will further aggravate the problem. And a lot of water. Not only is the energy problem, but that of water. It is true that large technology companies are developing promising cooling systems For data centers, but the requirement is clear. Amazon already estimated that he would need 750,000 cubic meters of water a year, but most would return to the network after fulfilling his target as a refrigerant. We have no data on how Microsoft raises dealing with these needs in Aragon. The unique provision of Aragon to host these investments contrasts with that of Lleida, which vetoed these types of facilities in January 2025. Image | Microsoft In Xataka | 30,000 jobs and many doubts. What do we know (and what is not) of the “Data Valley” Valencian

Honor will try to be a reference in the AI ​​era. Will invest 10,000 million dollars to achieve it

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Honor has taken advantage of his presence in the MWC 2025 to make it clear that he will not miss the AI ​​era. In fact, the Chinese firm has announced its Honor Alpha Plan initiative, aimed at “building an open ecosystem” of AI devices. And it is already very clear how to achieve it and a first example of what we can enjoy on its devices. 10,000 million dollars in five years. The firm will invest a true fortune in the next five years to be able to boost the use of AI systems on its devices, and it seems that the intention here is to raise an open and interoperable approach. It has been associated with Qualcomm or Google to achieve it, which seems to aim especially to Android devices. And a first Agent. The new manufacturer’s AI system, called Honor AI, welcomes “the agricultural era”, and will precisely allow users of their devices to use it to, among other things, reserve a table for dinner with hardly any effort. Reservations in restaurants. In a small demonstration Shared in x Honor showed how it has been possible to integrate its AI with platforms as opening to make a table reservation in a restaurant near the MWC. Honor AI understands you and deduces things alone. In fact, the petition indicated that the reservation would be carried out in order to enjoy local specialties without more, which quickly made the intention “based on location and sought typical dishes of Spanish gastronomy. And it’s just the beginning, they say in honor. From that moment on, the model “begins to reason”, They assured In honor, and after analyzing even traffic to avoid possible delays, it suggests a reservation at a table at 7:30 p.m. The system has been developed in collaboration with Qualcomm and Google to create a functional AI agent that allows you to be connected to APIS dystitnas and platforms to interact with the graphic interfaces of these services without apparent problems. But. The demonstration is very similar to one of those that Amazon made last week when presenting its new Alexa+, which also raises those options of agriculture with which to automate various types of task. It seems clear that these types of options are those that will first reach our devices, and it is very likely that honor is not the only one to offer such an option. Hyperrápidas transfers. In the event, honor managers also talked about a new file transfer system capable of transmitting files between mobile phones from different brands at transfer speeds of 125 Mb/s, but also ensure that this option will also end up reaching Macs, PCs and mobile devices to enjoy those wireless transfers between all those products. AND DEPFAKES detection. With the purpose of protecting our privacy and the security of our data, in honor they have worked in several areas. Thus, they launch their technology to “anonymity” certain data of the photos and prevent them from climbing to the cloud, but they also have another curious system. It is a Deepfake detector, which allows if we receive for example a video or we are in a video call, the system warns us if it is suspected that it can be a video of a person generated by AI and not a real person. Aimage. Honor has also presented a new AI system for image processing taken with its cameras. Called Aimage, it consists in the first place of a kernel of AI. This component uses AI models both in local and in the cloud that will provide various options. For example Improvement of the definition of imagesTelefoto by AI, draft with AI (such as the magic draft of Google) or the “expansion” of images if we need to extend an image for example to be higher or more wide. In Xataka | The AI ​​is not starting on Western phones. China has very different plans with Depseek and its brands

Alibaba had been left behind in the Tech China race. Now you will invest 52,000 million dollars to earn the AI

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A little less than a year ago Joe Tsai, co -founder of Alibaba and current president of the company, gave a worrying fact: China had a two -year delay compared to the US in AI. That disadvantage seems to have faded completely in recent weeks, but the company chaired by TSAI is not a protagonist in that segment. It is precisely what you want to change. THE TROZÓN DE MA. The company, one of the most important in the world in the technological segment, – and The 29 of the global ranking By market capitalization – it has had somewhat difficult years After what happened with Jack Ma. Now he has a clear plan to recover lost time. But Alibaba gets serious. The firm advertisement on Monday that plans to invest at least 380,000 million yuan (about 52.4 billion dollars to change) in cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence. He will do it in the next three years. It will have (a lot) competition. The announcement occurs just at the time the AI ​​segment in China It is especially hot. Bytedance, owner of Tiktok, hopes to have a capex of 150,000 million yuan only in 2025 (20,690 million dollars). Others such as Tencent, Baidu or Startup Deepseek They are certainly putting very interesting things in this area. The gold fever of the data centers. In recent weeks we have seen how technological companies in the US have announced astronomical figures for their budgets and their capital expenses (CAPEX) in the coming years. Except Appleall Big Tech will make colossal investments ranging from 65,000 million finish to the 100,000 that plans to invest Amazon. Most of that money will go to data centers for AI, and here Alibaba seems to not want to be left behind. With Xi Jinping’s blessing. The Chinese government has been maintaining its great technological government very at bay. However, the Recent meeting of President Xi Jinping With the top responsible for these companies, he has raised a change in Chinese policies, now apparently more open than their private companies – although closely linked to the Xi Jinping administration – grow remarkably. Up to rise. Alibaba’s announcement occurs days after their financial results, which were slightly above expectations. That has been a revulsive for their actions, which rose significantly and that seem to reflect the optimism of the investors, which is probably even greater. Image | Alibaba Group In Xataka | While all looks were heading to the US, China silently developed a very potent ecosystem AI

half billion dollars to invest in American soil

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Apple has promised to invest 500,000 million dollars in the United States over the next four years, which lasts a legislature, in what seems like a maneuver to avoid Trump’s tariff threat. What has happened. Apple has announced This Monday an investment of 500,000 million dollars and the creation of 20,000 jobs in the United States over the next four years. The plan includes … A new AI servers factory in Houston, which will open in 2026. An industrial training center in Detroit. Why it is important. This investment represents the greatest financial commitment in Apple’s history and is a remarkable increase compared to previous ads: In 2021, during the Biden administration, Apple promised to invest 430,000 million in the US in five years. The press release that Apple published then is it still available. In 2018, during Trump’s first term, he promised to contribute 350,000 million to the US economy. The note too is it still available. The context. Apple manufactures most of its devices in China through Foxconn. The Trump government has just imposed 10% tariffs on all Chinese products this month, and threatens to extend them to other important commercial partners. TSMC, Taiwanese manufacturer, has already begun producing chips for Apple at its Arizona facilities, a project initiated during the Biden administration that received 6,600 million in federal subsidies. Between bambalins. The announcement comes just a few days after the meeting between Tim Cook and Donald Trump, who hinted last week that the company was changing its plans to avoid tariffs. “They don’t want to be in tariffs,” Trump saidsuggesting that Apple had canceled Construction projects in Mexico. Between the lines. Although Apple presents investment as a commitment to American innovation, UBS analysts cited by NBC They doubt that the company can really deploy such amount of money within the announced period, given its history and its dependence on foreign suppliers. Apple’s strategy to avoid tariffs follows the same pattern as during Trump’s first mandate: allow the president to attribute the merit of initiatives that were already underway or planned. Meanwhile, its large products as the iPhone continue to manufacture entirely outside the country. In Xataka | This is how Apple Intelligence works in Spanish. It has been like catching a student with half -duties to do Outstanding image | Apple, Lucas Sankey in Unspash

Amazon prepares to invest 100,000 million dollars in 2025. All for AI, of course

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I was missing in combat, but it seems that he wants to resurface strongly. Amazon, the company that imperially dominates the electronic commerce sector (and the cloud) seems to have awakened from its lethargy and promises to put the batteries in the AI ​​segment. And he will do it by investing an irreverent amount of money. 100,000 million dollars in 2025. This Thursday Amazon presented its financial results, and at the conference with investors Andy Jassy made clear His aspirations for 2025. “We spend 26.3 billion dollars in Capex in the fourth quarter, and I think that reasonably represents what can be expected for the capex rhythm in 2025”. Or what is the same: they plan to invest 100,000 million dollars during this year. Almost everything for the. And the clear focus, explained the head of Amazon, will be in the field that is attracting almost all the investment. He said that “the vast majority of that capex will be spent on AWS.” This means investment in data centers, communications and hardware equipment to meet the enormous demand in generative. The Big Tech spending like Big Tech. It seems that talking about stratospheric investments has become contagious among the greats of the industry. Alphabet revealed Wednesday that would invest 75,000 million dollars In Capex in 2025k, and Microsoft indicated that he planned to spend 80,000 million dollars In 2025 for the construction of data centers dedicated to AI. Goal is also in that race, and those responsible said the company will spend up to 65,000 million dollars In Capex this year. Do these investments make sense of Depseek’s emergence? The model Deepseek R1 He has put the Sector upside down, especially by demonstrating that it was possible to train a model that competes with the best for very little money. It is likely that the six million of those who speak Deepseek are only part of the total expenditure, but still the companies seem determined to continue investing and burning money as if there were no tomorrow. The creation of data centers is for these key companies of the future: it will be in which theoretically all the requests that billions of users will end up doing (according to their plans) will be processed at all hours. The new Alexa, protagonist. Amazon It takes months —Who years – preparing the launch of a new version of Alexa enhanced by AI. The company has summoned the media on February 26 to Attend an event dedicated to Alexaand it will be then when we can know his novelties. A lot of this renewed assistant is expected, which could play a fundamental role in the Amazon ecosystem. Amazon has invested a lot in Anthropic. It must be remembered that although there have been no releases such as those raised by OpenAi, Google or Meta, the company has strengthened its position with multimillion -dollar investments. Here the specific case is that of the 8,000 million dollars that Amazon has invested in Anthropic, head of the Chatbot Claude that could be a fundamental part of Alexa or other proposals and platforms in the short term. And they have a gigantic (but inaccessible) model. The company also has been working on Olympus, a gigantic LLM that has double parameters that GPT-4 and that in theory it must be able to compete with the most powerful models today. Amazon has not launched it publicly or is available, but if the leaks are confirmed, we could be facing another of the great protagonists of this sector. Will they license it as Open Source as they have made a goal and deepseek with their models? It will be interesting to see what happens to him. Image | Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2014 | Microsoft In Xataka | Stargate impossible accounts: the challenge of finding 500,000 million dollars for the largest IA project

SoftBank plans to invest up to $ 25,000 million in Sam Altman’s company

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SoftBank is discussing something important: they plan to invest up to 25,000 million dollars in Openai. That would make the Japanese company the greatest financial support of Chatgpt. The movement also occurs at a very significant moment. Stargate. The good relationship between both companies has recently been strengthened with the announcement of the Project Stargate, the initiative that states that several companies (including Openai and Softbank) invest 500,000 million dollars to create a large infrastructure of AI data centers in the AI ​​data centers Joined. And then there is the hardware project with Jony Ive. We knew that Sam Altman and Jony Ive had gathered to talk about jointly developing a hardware device with AI. Later it was learned that Softbank was too very interested in the project and had invested in it, although since then There have been barely details About those efforts. The relationship with Microsoft cools. But it is also that in recent months we have seen how the alliance between Openai and Microsoft also lost strength. The Colossal Microsoft investment In early 2023 seemed to unite them forever, but nothing is further from reality. A year later Microsoft began looking Your plan b for stop depending on itand soon it was clear that this was a relationship dated Cacudity. Microsoft is A clear rival of OpenAi, and the non-dilio between them is already teaching seams. SoftBank as a new girlfriend. All this seems to make Softbank come right in time to become the new OpenAi wealthy girlfriend. According to Financial Times The Japanese company plans to invest between 15,000 and 25,000 million dollars in Openai, but attention: that departs from the approximately $ 15,000 million that will contribute to Stargate. OpenAi Manirrota. Sam Altman’s company continues burning money as if there were no tomorrow. The October 2024 round with which he managed to lift 6,600 million dollars It would fall very short next to the one Openai. Many other AI startups are receiving important rounds, but the OpenAi company with SoftBank would be a new record. And then there is arm. There is another important element of this potential new alliance. ARM, Absolute Pilar of the development of mobile chips for years, also wants to become a company that offers powerful AI chips, and that could be an important element of the alliance and perhaps its implementation in Stargate. Image | Wikimedia |Wikimedia In Xataka | Stargate impossible accounts: the challenge of finding 500,000 million dollars for the largest IA project

Spain was going to invest a fortune in data centers. And then Deepseek arrived

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Data centers They looked like the new gold fever in Spain. Recent data revealed how investments of Various Big Tech They promised to significant this market. Artificial intelligence promoted all those efforts, but these days some companies are rethinking what to do. The reason is, of course, Deepseek. Deepseek. The arrival of the models Deepseek v3 in November and Deepseek-R1 Just a few days ago it has made all these investments now questioned for a single reason. It may not be necessary to spend so much money. Chinese models of this startup seem to show that the same can be achieved (or more) With much less. “Unrealistic”. As revealed expandingSpain could attract more than 43.7 billion investment until 2030. However, sources in the sector have indicated in that economic newspaper that some millmillonarium projects to build large data centers in Spain were “unrealistic” and there is talk of figures that were not even guaranteed by the funds. Market adjustment. The Search for efficiency You can make these analyzes a certain adjustment in the market. Both investment funds and risk capital companies can now show more prudence when investing. Spaindc provided for the arrival of 58,000 million euros to the data centers sector until 2030. But there will be (a lot of investment). Although it seems clear that there will be a review of the budgets in various projects, as long as the need for the creation of data centers will continue to exist. The demand, due to the rise of AI and cloud services, will be remarkable. Great plans. In our country ACS has for example plans to invest globally 60,000 million euros (12,000 million in Spain). Merlin, another of the leading companies in this sector, announced the promotion of two megacampus in Extremadura with 1 GW capacity in each. Repsol, also cited expanding, It has plans to invest 4,000 million in Spain in this area. Long -term optimism, but short caution. The movements that have occurred these days after the impact caused by Depseek seems to have made many companies be recalibrating their short, medium and long term plans. However, it is impossible to know what the impact of medium -term Deepseek will be. Some experts pointed out In the Independent How they were not entirely convinced of the real efficiency of Deepseek, but they admit that that will certainly force a potential rethinking of the data centers. Image | Amazon In Xataka | We have calculated how much money the Big Tech are being spent on data centers. The numbers are dizzy

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