PREVENTING THE COST FROM FALLING ON CITIZENS
In comments to TVE reported by Servimedia, López warned that data centers “drive up electricity bills significantly,” and that their arrival in Spain cannot mean that “other citizens or companies competing for energy, many of which create more jobs than data centers, have to pay more on their electricity bills.”
CURBING SPECULATION IN THE INDUSTRY
In his view, there is a bubble in the sector and "as in any bubble, there are people entering the industry without actually being part of it, buying energy capacity to resell later. This was fueling speculation in the sector, which we have sought to prevent.”
DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND INDUSTRY OPPOSITION
In addition to sustainability, the government wants the decree to ensure that “digital data remains in Spain.” “It is a major issue of sovereignty,” López stressed, reiterating the government’s intention to regulate the sector so that the protests against data centers seen in other countries do not occur in Spain. The minister’s remarks came after the industry association SpainDC called on the government last Friday to withdraw the decree, arguing that the conditions it seeks to impose would effectively amount to a "veto" on the data center business in Spain.
