The Community of Madrid has warned that the strategy of the central Government to supervise the business of Data Processing Centers (DPC) will "drag" both the country as a whole and the autonomous communities into "a loss of competitiveness" and that they are "nothing more than the result of a failed energy policy."
The Madrid Digitalization counselor, Miguel López-Valverde, has expressed this criticism on his profile on the social network X, where he has insisted that this energy policy will cause "hardly recoverable damages in terms of employment, investment, and innovation."
His words come after the Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday that data centers must back up, with new renewable generation and in each hour of operation, at least 80% of the energy they consume. This obligation is included in the draft royal decree that will set the requirements for energy and environmental sustainability, as well as for resilience and digital sovereignty, for the 'data centers' operating in Spain.
In this regard, López-Valverde has emphasized that the regional Executive observes "with great concern" the Royal Decree promoted by the Government of Pedro Sánchez to regulate these infrastructures, because, in his opinion, the text "implies an unnecessary requirement for the operation of these facilities" in the national territory compared to other European States, towards which "the companies in the sector will inevitably emigrate."
"The DPCs, the backbone of the digital economy, represent an industry with predictable and sustainable consumption if there is a strategy and good management and planning behind it," the counselor concluded.