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Google pauses plans for a major data centre campus in Spain
Google has paused plans for a large data centre campus in Spain and an investment worth billions of euros.
The company is waiting for a government decree amid what it sees as an uncertain regulatory climate.
The proposed campus would add Google-owned infrastructure to a country where the company already runs a cloud region in Madrid.
That region opened in 2021 in facilities operated by partners, as part of a five-year investment plan worth 650 million euros that also included a submarine cable.
Google is expanding data centres across Europe to meet rising demand for cloud and artificial intelligence services, but its biggest announced investments so far have been elsewhere on the continent.
Google Cloud declined to comment, and the plans remain on hold pending the decree.
Google has suspended plans to build a major data centre campus in Spain amid the current regulatory climate.
The company is waiting for a government decree, according to the El Mundo headline.
Sources told El Mundo that senior-level reception for the project had been cool.
Google Cloud declined to comment on the plans.
Google already operates a Madrid cloud region, which it opened in 2021 using facilities owned by partners.
- Who
- Google, through its cloud business Google Cloud.
- What
- It has suspended plans for a major data centre campus in Spain and an investment worth billions of euros.
- When
- The suspension was reported on October 19, 2026. The sources do not state when the plans were suspended.
- Where
- Spain. Google’s existing cloud region is in Madrid.
- Why
- El Mundo linked the suspension to the current regulatory climate and said the company was waiting for a government decree.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Google opened its Madrid cloud region, using data centre facilities operated by partners.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai cited insufficient infrastructure to meet customer demand when explaining the company’s planned investment.
Google announced a 13-billion-euro investment over two years in Finland.
El Mundo reported that Google had suspended plans for a major data centre campus in Spain.
- Planned Spanish campus
- Major data centre campus
- Planned investment
- Billions of euros
- Existing cloud region
- Madrid, opened in 2021
- Google Cloud network
- 43 regions worldwide
- Finland investment
- 13 billion euros over two years
What people are saying
When it comes into operation, it will reinforce the capacity and resilience of Google Cloud's global network, which currently has 43 regions worldwide and continues to expand.