Spain Advances New Data Centre Rules

Spain plans stricter rules for future data centres to manage energy and water use ahead of the November election. Tech firms urge legal certainty for investments.

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Oscar Lopez Agueda is sworn-in as Spain's new digital transformation minister, next to King Felipe at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain, September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

Spain plans to tighten oversight of future data centers through a new decree ahead of an early parliamentary election on November 29. The minority leftist government is moving forward with the regulations to balance tech investment against natural resource consumption.

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