Spain, Portugal Data Center Boom Faces Electrical Grid Bottlenecks
THE SO WHAT
Iberia’s data center surge running into grid, network, and permitting limits is the new normal for AI buildout—power, not land or capital, is the binding constraint. If you’re siting compute in Europe, treat utility relationships and grid upgrade timelines as first-class project risks, and consider hedging with multi-region or modular deployments rather than betting on a single “hot” market.
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