These remarks were made by the head of the regional government at a forum in Zaragoza organized by Amazon Web Services. Azcón said the legislation could halt nearly €50 billion in investment in the autonomous community.
ARAGÓN HAS DONE "ITS HOMEWORK"
“Aragón cannot be made to bear the cost of the Spanish Government’s failure to invest in the electricity transmission grid,” the Aragonese president said. He argued that the region has done “its homework” by exporting 50% of its energy, investing in renewables “like no other in Spain” and attracting “the new data industry that will revolutionize the digital economy.”
Jorge Azcón compared investment in this technology, which he put at €50 billion, with Aragon’s GDP, which he expects to reach €57 billion in 2027. “That will mean more tax revenue, which will translate into better public services for the people of Aragon,” he said.
He therefore argued that the sustainability sought by the royal decree on data centers can go hand in hand with economic growth if “data infrastructure companies are asked to contribute more to our societies than they receive.” He illustrated this with the project presented by Amazon on Monday, which involves replacing 25 kilometers of open irrigation channels with enclosed pipes to save 10 billion liters of water a year.
