The Community of Madrid plans to challenge before the Justice the Royal Decree approved by the central government on Data Processing Centers (CPD), considering that it encroaches on autonomous competencies and represents a hindrance to the arrival of strategic investments.
This was reported this Tuesday by the minister of Digitalization, Miguel López-Valverde, who has recalled that last week the regional executive already submitted allegations to the Council of State by understanding that the new regulation violates European regulations, undermines the competencies of the autonomous communities, and puts key projects at risk, by generating legal uncertainty and imposing requirements and penalty regimes that the sector considers unassumable.
During the act of laying the cornerstone of the CPD MAD01 of the multinational Goodmad, which will be located in the city of Madrid, López-Valverde warned that "the requirements of the state project can divert investments to other European countries, such as France or Portugal, and put at risk Madrid’s position as one of Europe’s great digital capitals".
At present, the region adds 59 data center projects, of which 40 are already operational and 19 are in the construction phase. Added to this is a portfolio of more than 45 future installations that, together, would contribute a power exceeding 3,467 megawatts (MW) and mobilize around 15,000 million euros, with the possibility of creating more than 17,000 jobs.
For this reason, the minister has stressed that the limitations included in the Royal Decree of the central government "may compromise the volume of investment and employment, as well as the competitiveness of the Spanish digital economy".
Likewise, he has emphasized that the Community of Madrid "offers talent, international connectivity and stability to attract new businesses in this sector", always under "a model based on institutional collaboration, dialogue with companies, and the search for technical solutions that allow reconciling the growth of CPDs with the protection of the environment".
DATA PROCESSING CENTER MAD01
The new Data Processing Center of the multinational Goodman, Mad01, will be built in the district of San Blas Canillejas, in the capital, with an initial investment of 200 million euros allocated to a first phase of 6 MW, which is expected to be expanded up to 11.7 MW in 2028.
In addition, the project is being designed in accordance with the most demanding environmental standards, with the aim of achieving LEED Platinum certification - sustainable construction seal-, incorporating a system to recover waste heat, generating renewable energy for self-consumption, and ensuring efficient use of both energy and water.