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join the new tunnel with the old

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The works of A-5 tunnel They have been conditioning Madrid’s traffic and the lives of its residents for a long time. The good news is that They are almost finishedat least as far as excavation is concerned. And just as has counted Borja Carabante, delegate of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility of the Madrid City Council, the excavation will end in a few weeks, while the entire work is scheduled to end in December. What exactly is left?. In one interview with TelemadridCarabante confirmed that the excavation of the tunnel out of Madrid will be completed on May 25. On the other hand, the works in the entrance direction have already been completed. Thus, the work enters its interior conditioning phase, and the objective is for vehicles to circulate through the new tunnel in December of this year. A truce for its residents. According to Carabante, these are “the most important works that have been carried out in Madrid since Madrid Río.” And they are not only because of their size, but also because of the difficulty of executing them without closing the road to traffic at any time: nearly 100,000 vehicles pass through the A-5 a day, while underneath there lives a dense network of pipes, telephone wiring and other facilities. The residents of the southwest corridor, including those of Móstoles and other municipalities on the outskirts, They have been adapting for months to the traffic cuts and the problems that the works have caused. In detail. Just like account Telemadrid, around 600 workers and around 400 machines are currently working on the works. “We already have the Paseo de Extremadura tunnel, the connection with the old tunnel. Now we are executing the lower slab of the tunnel and then we will lay the pavement where the vehicles will circulate,” said the general director of Planning and Infrastructure of the City Council, Dolores Ortiz, in the ‘Buenos Días Madrid’ program. Starting in June, the beams of the Batán and Boadilla structures will be placed, and after the summer the development of the new green corridor on the surface will begin. The section of the new tunnel begins on Padre Piquer Street. However, there is still a delicate point to be reached. And the connection between the new tunnel and the old one will involve cut the 30th Street tunnel completely to demolish the wall, excavate and integrate all the systems. According to the media, the tunnel will have three lanes in each direction (two for private traffic and one for buses and high-occupancy vehicles), with artificial intelligence systems and cameras to verify that these conditions are met at all times. Material reuse. In terms of sustainability, there are also actions worth commenting on. And according to they count From the City Council, all the material extracted during the excavation is being reused: part will be used for the meter of earth that will go on the roof of the tunnel and the rest is shaping new hills that will be covered with vegetation in Aluche. The old pavement of the A-5 has been used in the temporary detours. Besides, geothermal energy will be used to air condition the Ángel González Library and photovoltaic panels to power the future green promenade. And now what. The tunnel opens in December, but that doesn’t mean everything is finished. And when it opens, it will be at that moment when the works on the surface will begin, urbanizing the land of the corridor so that the new accesses become an integrated part of the avenue. On the other hand, the City Council has on its radar the extension of the burial to the M-40although Carabante recognizes that it is a “very complicated” project and of an even greater economic magnitude than the current phase. Its execution is planned for the next legislature and would depend on co-financing with the Ministry of Development, linked to the development of Operation Camp. In Xataka | Many of us do it wrong: Madrid firefighters explain how to charge your cell phone at home to avoid accidents

Foxconn is the latest to join

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Nvidia is the sweetest customer right now. It is the glue of artificial intelligence, invests millions in AI startups and, although Big Tech They try to be the new Nvidiathe truth is that they are currently the only ones with the necessary hardware to meet the hyperscalers’ objectives. His real achievement is to make the entire conversation revolve around him and make everyone have to work for you. And Foxconn is the last to tie itself to Nvidia’s future. In short. Nvidia is currently preparing the launch of Vera Rubin. It is a training and inference platform that is bringing together the latest generation of c hardware.ocompanies like Samsung either TSMC. However, Jensen Huang already commented that he would need all available hands this year to meet his goals, and that’s where Foxconn comes in. The great (and controversial) Taiwanese company has been chosen by Nvidia as the exclusive supply chain provider of the equipment necessary to Groq 3 LPX. The two companies were already working together, but the agreement implies a tenfold increase in the planned delivery volume and, furthermore, sooner than expected: for the third quarter of 2026. Transformation. This agreement puts Nvidia’s intentions on the table. If until recently we were talking about GPUs like the H200, which were those desired by the Chinese Big Technow it’s time to talk about the aforementioned Vera Rubin. It is a platform that will be able to do both training and inference work, something increasingly important in the era of Agentic AI. According to Nvidia, the Groq 3 LPX rack has 35 times better performance in inference for billion-parameter AI models compared to the previous generation Blackwell. Not for nothing Intel is turning its business to Xeons for data centers and ARM stock hit highs after unveiling its AI CPU. Foxconn will concentrate its resources on that LPX i platformpowered by Groq to accelerate the entire critical decoding phase of agentic AI models. And, aside from Groq 3 LPX, the Taiwanese company itself is one of the main suppliers of Vera Rubin NVL72 cabinets. In short: Foxconn is, right now, playing in the Champions League. According to the sources industry, shipments of the LP30 and LP35 chips that will use these LPX cabinets will be 1.5 million by 2026 and 2.5 million by 2027. In total, 6,000 racks for this year and 10,000 for the one that comes only with those chips. The fat customer. And here there are two sides of the coin. On the one hand, that of Nvidia, the company that has found a vein in AI so large as to abandon those who were their main clients not so long ago. Working for Nvidia is to ensure profits as long as its hegemony lasts in the age of AI. An example is Samsungwho made all the haste in the world to win the HBM4 memory race because it knew that if they complied, they would overtake their main customers in the race to become Nvidia’s supplier. Another example is TSMC itself. The largest foundry in the world had had Apple as its main customer for years. That ensured that if there was any crisis in the supply chain, Apple knew it would have its chips because TSMC’s future was tied to its own. But now things have changed and The one who has guaranteed wafers is Nvidia. Accumulating big contracts. The other side of the coin is that Foxconn, which is not in the daily conversation as one of the engines of AI, is winning big, juicy contracts. One is the one mentioned exclusively with Nvidia, but they are also suppliers of chips to other giants such as Google with its TPUsMicrosoft and Amazon AWM. Of Google, for example, it has 15% of the market share. And the company’s CEO, Liu Yangwei, sticks out his chest in this situation pointing that they can produce more than 1,000 complete cabinets per week and are working to double that capacity before the end of the year. Oh, and in case you’re wondering if this will have any impact on the price of RAMKeep in mind that each of these thousands of racks that Foxconn manufactures will have 256 chips with 128 GB of SRAM and 12 TB of DDR5 memory. It also helps understand why the memory majors are stopping making DDR4 memory to focus on DDR5. And why prices will remain as they are now for quite a few months. Image | Hillel Steinberg In Xataka | That Qualcomm prepares its own AI chips is good news. Whether it has an opportunity in the market is a very different thing.

Germany wants to do what Japan did with rare earths in 2010: join forces against China

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BMW, Rheinmetall and the main German industries are working on the creation of a joint agency to purchase critical mineralsa move that would reduce dependence on China, according to they count from Financial Times. The idea is to pursue the model that Japan proposed a few years ago, and the story behind it explains why it makes sense. The starting point. In 2010, China imposed an embargo on rare earth exports to Japan in the midst of a territorial dispute. Tokyo depended on these materials to manufacture everything from cars to electronics. To alleviate the mess they had gotten themselves into, they decided to build an alternative architecture. They created JOGMEC (Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security), a state agency that collaborates with the country’s main conglomerates to ensure the supply of minerals, oil and gas. With this, Japan significantly reduced its dependence on China for rare earths. What Germany is building now. According to counted In the middle, BMW works together with the VDA automobile lobby and representatives of the German defense industry in order to develop a structure similar to what Japan did at the time. Rheinmetall is also in the talks. The specific idea is to create a kind of large private company that bulk buys critical raw materials (lithium, gallium, germanium, rare earths) on behalf of German industry. Just like share In the middle, the federal government could participate with a minority stake. The figures are not yet finalized, but the total cost of the project could amount to several hundred million euros. Why now. Last year, China imposed export controls on essential materials for batteries, permanent magnets and weapons systems. In November it temporarily suspended some of these restrictions until November 2026, but the scare was already in place. Europe was exposedwithout real alternatives, without negotiating power, nothing to do. And German industry (car manufacturers, defense companies, industrial machinery) realized how fragile its supply chain was. The Japanese model. JOGMEC works because it combines public capital with the agility that its large private companies allow, as they are structures with centuries of history in Japan specialized in industrial supply. Germany already has a raw materials agency, DERA, but sources close to the media recognize that needs a profound reform to fulfill that role. The agency being proposed now would have more muscle, with active financing, investment capacity in mining and recycling projects, and direct presence in the market. The state development bank KfW has already prepared a fund of 1 billion euros to finance mining, processing and recycling projects of critical materials, which would serve as a complement. Diplomacy. Just like account The media, Chancellor Friedrich Merz contacted Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week, and critical minerals were on the table. And Japan has shown interest in exporting its model abroad. In parallel, this same week the media informed also that the Australian Lynas Rare Earths, the largest producer of rare earths outside China, has closed a supply agreement with Japan with a guaranteed minimum price of $110 per kilogram for neodymium-praseodymium for 12 years. The same price that Washington guaranteed to the American producer MP Materials. The tension with Brussels. The European Commission also works in a centralized body to coordinate strategic purchases and reserves of critical minerals. But from Germany there is skepticism. According to share FT, Germany’s position is that “the industry must make its own decisions” and that governments should limit themselves to managing strategic reserves. In other words, Berlin prefers a model of private initiative with specific state support rather than leaving the strategy in the hands of Brussels. What is at stake. Steel, lithium and rare earths are the backbone of the energy transition and European rearmament. Without neodymium there are no magnets for electric motors or guided missiles. Without gallium and germanium there are no advanced semiconductors. China controls between 60% and 90% of the production chain for most of these materials. Hence many countries are restless. Cover image | Prometheus and Wikimedia Commons In Xataka | The United States knows it has a problem with rare earths from China. And he believes he has an alternative: Mexico

To no one’s surprise, the fanciful tunnel that aspires to join the Strait of Gibraltar under the sea will not be ready by 20230

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The idea of ​​connecting Europe and Africa with a direct channel that allows us to do without ships and planes is so attractive, so damn sexy, that it takes more than a century warming the imagination of engineers. The same time they have been seeing the Strait of Gibraltar as the ideal point for a Spain-Morocco tunnel. After decades of idling, in recent years the project seemed gain momentumat least as far as the political sphere and the public interest. A few months ago even transcended that one of the leading companies in tunnel boring machines sees the infrastructure as technically viable. He hype around the tunnel it grew so much (and so strong) that there were those who trusted that the 2030 Soccer World Cupcelebrated mainly in Spain, Morocco and Portugal, it would serve you of ultimate lever. They were even read headlines that suggested that it would be executed with a view to 2030. To no one’s surprise, everything indicates that it won’t be like that. Strait Slopes. About a century ago, around 1929engineer Fernando Gallego Herrera a question was asked: Why not ‘suture’ the gap between Europe and Africa with an underwater tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar? He was not the first to consider the issue, but he did so with a seriousness, a degree of technical level and a vocation, which gave visibility to the approach. Since then the idea of ​​creating a megastructure that allows Spain and Morocco to ‘touch each other’ has continued with comings and goings on the table. And not only on a theoretical level. The idea of ​​establishing a “fixed link” between Spain and Morocco even led to the creation of two entities: SECEGSAon the Spanish side, and the Societé Nationale d’Etudes du Detroit (SNED) on the Moroccan side. In recent years, the project has also attracted headlines that echoed the degree of political commitmentthe investment in studieshis time horizon and even his technical feasibilitya key aspect considering that we are talking about a structure of several dozens of kilometers in a difficult geological area. A small (big) step. In 2024 the project gave one step forwarde that (although very initial) was revealing. At the request of SECGSA, INECO commissioned a study for the “cross-strait fixed link project”. Its objective was basically to analyze “the feasibility” of excavations in the area, especially in the most critical points, such as the Camarinal Threshold that separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic basins. The task fell to a famous company in the sector: Herrenknechta leading German firm in the world of tunnel boring machines related, among other works, to the Brenner Tunnel or that of Saint Gotthard. Viable yes, although not cheap. The conclusions of their analysis have been known in recent months. First in October Populi Voice revealed that the German firm has confirmed that, although extremely complex, the Spain-Morocco pipeline would be viable from a technical point of view. The same media reported that the purpose of Spain and Portugal would be to decide in 2027 whether or not to tender an exploratory tunnel and provided a provisional calendar: just shaping the reconnaissance gallery would require between six and nine years. Regarding the cost of infrastructure, slid that the base bidding budget of the Spanish side would exceed 8.5 billion euros, a figure that includes everything from the base gallery to the tunnels, the terminal and other facilities. The sum is considerable but there is talk of diversifying its origin, including everything from community funds to formulas (concessions, fees) inspired by other megaprojects, such as the Eurotunnel wave Figueras-Perpignan line. Has there been more progress? It seems so. Although again in an initial phase still. At the end of November Populi Voice revealed again that, after the technical endorsement of Herrenknecht, SECEGSA entrusted INECO to complete the updating of the preliminary project of the structure. A deadline was even included: summer 2026. Around the same time, the Government of Spain and Morocco held a summit in Moncloa during which a memorandum was signed to “promote scientific cooperation in the study of seismicity and geodynamics in the Strait area.” In the statement released by Transport there is no mention of the tunnel, but there were those who saw in the agreement a positive nod for infrastructure. Question of deadlines. The tunnel is not only interested in its technical details and cost. Another key aspect is your calendar. Especially since already in the autumn, when the first touches of Herrenknecht’s analysis became known, slipped that the first progress of the project could arrive by 2030, the year of the Soccer World Cup in which Spain and Morocco participate as host countries. The coincidence of dates made it create expectation about how the Cup could influence the project and even if it would act as a stimulus for the subway. It was even raised if I could arrive on time. In recent days those expectations have received a jug of cold water. One more and unsurprisingIn fact. Why’s that? Because 2030 is four years away. And that is a ridiculously short time for a work that, beyond being viable on a technical and logistical level, is more than notable in complexity. First for its ambition and dimensions (more than 40 kmbetween the underwater and terrestrial section). Second because it must be developed in an area highly conditioned by its geology. Although there may be some progress towards 2030, Populi Voice mentioned in October sources close to the project that pointed to 2035-2040 as a “more realistic horizon” to see significant milestones. The idea would be to have gallery design recognition in June to put out to tender the infrastructure starting in 2027. As a reference, the construction of the Eurotunnel (50 kilometers) required some seven years (from 1988 to 19949 and Saint Gotthard (57 km) around 17. Moderating expectation. In recent weeks (and days) media like Huffington Post The reason either ACE They have echoed, citing the technical feasibility study, that the tunnel between … Read more

join Navarra and Catalonia by highway

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The Ministry of Transport has tendered for 153.6 million euros the Jaca bypass, the last major political and technical obstacle to completing the highway connection between Pamplona and the corridor towards Catalonia. With this work unblocked after years of neighborhood opposition, Aragon is about to complete its alternative route to the Ebro through the Pyrenees. Why it is important. For decades, the Jaca variant has been the most complicated link in this infrastructure. Much of the municipality was opposed to the project due to the works, noise and associated inconvenience, not without reason. In this aspect, its tender represents having removed the legal and social obstacle that was holding back the project. From now on, it’s all about building. Connections. The variant consists of a new 8 kilometer stretch which will bypass the city of Jaca and connect the A-21 (Pyrenees highway) with the A-23 (Mudéjar highway). This section will divert the medium and long-distance traffic that currently crosses the N-330a and N-240 highways through the center of Jaca, where the speed is limited to 50 km/h and there are numerous intersections and pedestrian crossings. Image: Ministry of Transport In detail. The work contemplate two roads with two lanes separated by a median of variable width, three main interchanges (Jaca East, North and West), three viaducts, five overpasses and a 200-meter false tunnel in the hospital area. According to the Ministry of Transport, the project includes environmental integration measures such as the revegetation of slopes, correction of the barrier effect with special attention to the Camino de Santiago, hunting fencing to prevent access by fauna and protection against noise pollution. The fitting of the puzzle. With the Jaca variant tendered, Aragón has practically resolved its Pyrenean corridor. In the coming months, the 8.7 kilometers that link Sabiñánigo Este with Sabiñánigo Oeste will be inaugurated, and in 2026 they should open another 11 kilometers between Lanave and Sabiñánigo. Only a section of about 12 kilometers will remain pending between Puente de la Reina in Jaca and the A-21 in Navarra, for which the drafting of the project has already been awarded, although the works will not begin before 2030, according to they count from 20 Minutes. Between the lines. This axis formed by the A-21, A-23 and A-22 (Huesca-Lleida) will become a strategic alternative to the Ebro corridorwhich is usually saturated along the route between Navarra, Aragon and Catalonia. In this sense, the project will aim to improve the territorial structure of Aragon and reduce the pressure on other roads at critical times, such as ski season weekends or holiday long weekends, which are times when kilometer delays are usually recorded in the area. And now what. The execution time for the Jaca variant will depend on the award and the pace of work, but the fact that there is already a tender is a relief for all those who were looking for such a connection. After completing this section and the rest that remain pending in the Sabiñánigo area, the Aragonese Pyrenean project will practically materialize, waiting only for the link with Navarra. Cover image | Ministry of Transport In Xataka | This interactive map prepares you for your next flight: it shows if there will be turbulence and how intense it will be before takeoff

Amazon is preparing an investment of 10 billion in OpenAI because if you can’t beat your enemy, the best thing is to join him

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Leonidas, had six-pack or not, he died at Thermopylae, but what is curious for our history is exactly what happened afterwards. Xerxes’ Persians had devastated Attica, and faced with the threat that all of Greece would fall, the Spartans—who deeply distrusted the Athenians—agreed to join forces with them. War makes strange allies, they say, and this story is not even close to explaining what is happening with AI. Everyone is joining forces. Then I’ll tell you how it ended with the Spartans and the Athenians. what has happened. OpenAI is negotiating an alliance with Amazon according to which the latter would invest around $10 billion in OpenAI. In The Information They were the first to reveal that negotiation, now confirmed by sources close to the conversations that have been cited on CNBC. What do each other gain?. Thanks to this agreement, Amazon will sell OpenAI its Tranium chips and will also rent more computing capacity in its data centers so that OpenAI can further expand the execution of its AI models and services such as ChatGPT. What OpenAI gains is, once again, economic resources to continue growing. Or what is the same: money to burn on that bonfire that AI has become. A strange agreement. The alliance is surprising, especially considering that Amazon had already put its eggs in another basket. Specifically, Anthropic, OpenAI’s absolute rival in the AI ​​race. It is estimated that Amazon has invested a total of 8 billion dollars at Anthropic, but now there is another reality: that everyone invests in everyone. Anthropic, the best example. The truth is that in recent months we have seen more and more circular financing agreements. Microsoft, which had invested 13 billion dollars, announced last month that would invest $5 billion in Anthropic, and NVIDIA also signed up, doubling that amount: it will invest $10 billion in it. And already, Even Google has teamed up with Anthropic. Long live circular financing. But of course the main protagonist of these agreements is OpenAI, which has been receiving blank checks (or almost) from giants like NVIDIA —100,000 million-, with Broadcom or with amd. We are facing a gigantic house of cards which is in danger of collapsing. But while it doesn’t, players continue adding floors. Or what is the same, money. Win-Win? The agreement is certainly interesting for Amazon, which has been working on its own AI chips since 2015. Trainium are the latest expression of that effort, and the fact that OpenAI is going to use them to train its models—along with those of its competitors, for the record—is good support for that development. In fact, there was perhaps more interesting support recently for those chips: Apple’s. And of course, AWS. In reality, this agreement is a continuation of that (temporary?) love affair between Amazon and OpenAI. The latter, once its ties with Microsoft were released, began to look for new girlfriends in the field of infrastructure, and a little over a month ago announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services worth 38 billion dollars. This is about preservation. All these agreements between big technology companies are not about money, because these circular investments are nothing more than exchanges of kind that compensate each other. What they are about is being stronger and protecting themselves. And if they fall, yes, they will all fall together. Let’s go back to Greece. The alliance between Sparta and Greece crystallized in the naval battle of Salamis (also in 480 BC, shortly after Thermopylae), one of the most important in human history. Sparta reluctantly ceded naval command to Athens, but the strategy worked. That union of forces achieved a decisive victory that saved Greece from being conquered by Persia. Alliances that end as they end. After that battle and that of Plataea a year later, the alliance began to deteriorate and ended up breaking up. Athens and Sparta were enemies again. In fact, 50 years later (430 BC) both would face each other for more than a quarter of a century in the Peloponnesian War. It was totally logical, as it will be that all these alliances end as they should: with each company going about its own thing. Image | OpenAI In Xataka | NVIDIA and OpenAI have just made a masterstroke. One that strengthens them and weakens everyone else

99% of the Internet travels through submarine cables. Now there is a much more ambitious plan in progress: join the electricity grid

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At first glance, the seas are an empty landscape. Under its waters, the image is another, through it a network of invisible highways that already support our day to day: the submarine cables that carry the 99% of world communications. Now, a new generation of electrical interconnectors – thousands of kilometers and gigavatio power – aspires to bring sun, wind and hydraulic where they are missing, when they are missing. The promise is simple: that electricity travels with the sun and wind through schedules; The execution, not so much. The starting point: The North Sea. The United Kingdom and Denmark premiered at the end of 2023 the Viking Link, a 765 km cable that crosses the North Sea and allows you to import electricity when wind is missing on the island and export when left over. It is the longest interconnector in the world in operation, but, as Financial Times warned: “It may not be for a long time.” The British media report details That on the horizon there are much more ambitious plans: join Canada with the United Kingdom and Ireland through a 4,000 km cable, link Morocco with Europe or export Australian solar energy to Singapore through more than 4,300 km of submarine cable. Through the cables. This new megaproject makes it clear that countries have been pursuing a connection with renewables for some time, because there is a mismatch between production and consumption, and we must solve it. The most illustrative example is AapowerLink in Australia. The Suncable company plans to install 3 GW from Solar in the northern territory, store part in batteries and sell it both to Darwin and Singapore, through an underwater cable of more than 4,000 km. In the words of his CEO, Ryan Willemsen-Bell, collected by Financial Times: “Australia has abundant land and sun. The ability to share those benefits with our neighbors has enormous potential.” In parallel, the North Atlantic Transmission One Link seeks to connect the Canadian hydroelectric plant with Europe. The time differential is its great asset: when Canada sleeps, the United Kingdom starts the day; When in the North Sea, wind blows at midnight, New York is preparing dinner. A lesson from the Internet. The idea may sound futuristic, but there are already solid precedents. As we have underlined Xatakathe entire planet is furrowed by submarine data cables, authentic digital highways that have demonstrated the viability of infrastructure of tens of thousands of kilometers. The Southern Cross Cable Network, 30,500 km, connects Australia, New Zealand and the United States since 2000. The newly opened 2Africa, 45,000 km, surrounds the African continent and reaches Barcelona and India. And in Spain, cables such as tide (6,605 km, Meta and Microsoft) or Grace Hopper (7,191 km, from Google) link Bilbao with the east coast of the US. The experience of these data networks provides an obvious parallelism: if we already move information on a global scale, why not also clean energy? Although not everything is so easy. From Financial Times alert a tensioning supply chain: The manufacture of cables, transformers and converting stations does not supply. The waiting deadlines are lengthened, and the availability of specialized ships to tend cable is limited. To that are added political risks. In Norway, the export of electricity to its neighbors has triggered the internal debate on prices. In the United Kingdom, the Government rejected this year to support the X-Links project to bring energy from Morocco, claiming “high level of inherent risk”. And with the ongoing Ukraine War, the threat of sabotages to critical infrastructure It is a fact. Looking inside. In the Spanish case, the problem is more domestic than international. As we have explained in Xatakathe country has run more than anyone to lift renewables in the “emptied Spain”, but has not deployed the cables to bring that electricity to the cities. The result is a “broken bridge”: at noon there are plenty of cheap megawatts that are cut or sell at zero price, and at night the network needs gas support, more expensive the market. According to data from the AELēC employer, 83.4% of connection knots are already saturated, which prevents hooking new consumptions such as industries, data centers or electrolyiners. The challenge, in short, is not to plan and reinforce the networks; as well as improve interdependence with other countries to break With the French bottleneck. A map of interdependencies. Beyond the technical and economic, these electric highways draw a new geopolitical map. Just as pipelines and gas pipelines marked the twentieth century, renewable interconnections can define alliances and dependencies in the XXI. The engineer Simon Ludlam, co-founder of the Canada-UK project, summed it up in Financial Times: “The most important nuclear reactor is in heaven, and its energy can be shared thanks to the rotation of the earth. But we need to be interconnected.” The sun that shines in the Australian desert or the water that falls in Canada could light, in a matter of seconds, the lights of cities to thousands of kilometers. The energy transition not only depends on producing renewables, but also on learning to move them. If the pipelines defined the petroleum geopolitics, the electric highways can become the invisible arteries of the coming world. Image | Unspash and What’s Inside Xataka | The Google Maps of submarine cables: an imposing interactive map that allows us to know the skeleton of the modern world

One Piece and Lego® join their paths with spectacular sets: they are already available

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LEGO® has sets for all tastes. The Danish brand is gradually adding news to its catalog, but few usually make as much noise and the one that has released today, July 1. We refer to the new One Piece setsone of the best known sleeves and anime that, in this case, are based on the live action that can be seen in Netflix. It is a great opportunity for Luffy and Company lovers, since they can now enjoy both riding and exhibiting these sets at home. Are the following: LEGO® Going Merrythe well -known and dear pirate ship of Luffy’s crew, by 129.99 euros. LEGO® Cabaña del Pueblo Molinoa smaller set that includes Luffy and Shanks, for 29.99 euros. LEGO® Buggy Circus Tent the clownwith this character as maximum protagonist, for 49.99 euros. LEGO® Battle in Arlong Parkone of the most important clashes of the principle of Luffy’s adventure, by 79.99 euros. LEGO® Baratie floating restaurantthe biggest set of this collaboration with One Piece, for 299.99 euros. Lego® Going Merry The first set we have in hand is the Going Merry, a pirate ship that does not lack detail, since it includes even the kitchen. Includes minifigures of several characters and four posters of ‘are sought’ among which are Buggy, Mihawk or Luffy himself. It comes out by 129.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Cabaña del Pueblo Molino The most economical set of this collaboration is with this cabin of Pueblo Molino, the village from which Luffy’s adventure starts. Despite being small, it is composed of 299 pieces, it also includes several minifigures (including Shanks) and a ‘Search’ poster. Costs 29.99 euros. Cabaña del Pueblo Molino * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Buggy Circus Tent the clown We have a very funny set with this buggy tent, one of the first enemies facing Luffy. In it there are three gadgets of which the protagonists of this adventure will have to escape. 573 pieces make up and leave for 49.99 euros. Buggy Circus Tent the clown * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Battle in Arlong Park This set is starring the pagoda where Luffy and Arlong fight, a fight that fans of this eiichiro manga ode we remember with love. Luffy’s arms can be stretched and, of course, we can destroy the page as in combat. Costs 79.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review LEGO® Baratie floating restaurant We close with the biggest set that includes this collaboration of One Piece. This is the Baratie, the restaurant ship where Sanji appears for the first time. It includes 10 different minifigures and is loaded with details thanks to the more than 3,400 pieces it includes. Costs 299.99 euros. Baratie floating restaurant * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | LEGO® In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | Lego constructions to another level: the Technic series has the models with which any collector would dream

make shareholders join with him

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As part of its compensation and incentive To improve your managementthe CEO of the big companies usually receive Bonds by objectives. Elon Musk has had to pass several times By courts to collect His Milmillonario Bono of Tesla after far exceeding all the objectives that the shareholders put in 2018. Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair is about to achieve his of 100 million euros that Ryanair promised him. The Ryanair CEO justified its compensation compared to other high -performance industries: “I think we are providing a remarkable value for Ryanair’s shareholders at a time when the Premier League soccer players and trainers earn between 20 and 25 million euros per year,” published The British The Telegraph. The announcement of this achievement by the CEO occurs just when the company He faces a labor conflict with part of the template to which claims the return from your salary. A millionaire dividend According to collected BloombergO’Leary’s bonus was agreed in 2019 and extended after the renewal of his contract in 2022 for five and a half years. However, the collection of this bonus is not automatic. O’Leary can only access 100 million euros if Ryanair’s shares remain above the 21 euros for at least 28 days consecutive natural. According to data of The Telegraph and Expansionthe actions of the airline have been maintained above that threshold since last May 2, thus accumulating 27 days in a row above the limit, so the objective could already be reached. This condition had never been fulfilled for so long, since the previous contribution record was only five days in March 2024. O’Leary has been prudent about the imminence of payment, pointing out that “many things can happen until the objective is completed.” However, rather than not achieving the objective of contributions from his shares, the manager is cautious because the payment of the bonus It will not be effective until 2028and only if the CEO continues to lead the company until that date, according to the terms of its contract. O’Leary’s key: repurchase actions The good behavior of the company’s actions has occurred even though Ryanair record A decrease of 16% for its annual benefit with respect to the results of the previous year, reaching 1,610 million euros. This result is partly due to a cunning operation of shares repurchase worth 750 million euros that the company raised in mid -2024. That repurchase has reinforced the value of the shares making it a more profitable asset for its shareholders. According The information of ForbesMichael O’Leary’s personal fortune is estimated at some 1.1 billion dollars. That heritage places it as one of the richest people in Ireland and is characterized by having an extravagant character and not hesitating to apply measures that walk to the edge of the razor in order to get yours. Something that also applies in airline policies. In Xataka | Ryanair has spent a year selling so cheap that now his passengers will suffer the consequences: expensive tickets in 2025 Image | Ryanair, Wikimedia Commons (World Travel & Tourism Council)

Only three countries have launched human beings to space. A room is about to join the club: India

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The last great spatial power is preparing to register its name in one of the most exclusive clubs of humanity: that of nations capable of sending astronauts to space by their own means. Until now, only the United States, Russia (heiress of the Soviet Union) and China hold that honor. But India and its ambitious Gaganyaan program are knocking on the door. In two years. Announced in 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the aim of launching in 2022, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence, the Gaganyaan program accumulates several delays. However, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has stepped on the accelerator, confirming that, although the first manned mission is postponed in early 2027, preparations advance at a good pace. The road map. Isro prepares three unmanned orbital missions of the Gaganyaan ship before starting to launch astronauts, According to Eureka. The first is called G1 and is scheduled for the last quarter of 2025. The Vyommitra humanoid robot will carry on board, loaded with sensors to prepare manned flights. The G2 and G3 missions will be followed in 2026, also with Vyommitra. And, if everything is going as planned, Mission H1, the first manned, will take off in the first quarter of 2027 aboard the HLVM3 rocket (a version of the LVM3 adapted for manned flights), followed by the H2 mission. Astronauts. India has already designated four astronauts for these historical missions: the pilots of the Indian Air Force Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Prathap, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla, who will previously fly to the International Space Station in the Axiom 4 mission aboard a Spacex ship. Everyone has formed as astronauts in Russia and, one of them, Shubhanshu Shukla, will have a previous experience this one before, when it flies to the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon ship as part of the commercial mission Axiom 4. Ambitious plans. Indian ambitions do not end with putting astronauts in orbit. After the first two manned missions, a fourth unmanned mission of Gaganyaan, the G4, will be attached to the US segment of the International Space Station with an coupling system compatible with the NASA standard. Will serve as proof of concept to put the orbit the first module of the Indian Space Station Bharatiya Antarksha Station (BAS), whose first module would be launched in 2028 in an orbit similar to ISS. The first load mission to BAS, the G5, is scheduled for 2029. BAS has the objective of establishing a permanent presence of Indians in low orbit, adding to China, which has its own space station, and the ISS member countries, which will be abandoned in 2030. The next step will be to put an Indian astronaut on the lunar surface by 2040. For this, Isro is developing a new generation rocket propelled by methane, the NGLV (Next Generation Launch Vehicle), which will have a version capable of placing 70 tons in low orbit. Image | Isro In Xataka | India is crowned in space history: it manages to land near the South Pole of the Moon days after the Russian failure

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