Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to invest an additional €18bn in data centre infrastructure in Spain, bringing its total commitment in the region of Aragon to €33.7bn. The expansion, unveiled at MWC in Barcelona, includes new facilities across the provinces of Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel.
The programme goes beyond traditional data centre capacity and incorporates facilities for the manufacture, assembly, storage and recycling of servers, including equipment dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. AWS will become the first major technology company to develop data centres in Teruel, while further consolidating its presence in Zaragoza and Huesca. The new investment is expected to generate around 1,800 direct jobs in Aragon.
According to company estimates, the total investment will contribute €31.7bn to Spain’s GDP by 2035 and support the equivalent of 29,900 full-time jobs annually, including 6,700 directly linked to Amazon’s operations. More than half of that impact will be concentrated in Aragon, with a projected €18.5bn contribution to regional GDP and 13,400 equivalent jobs, reinforcing the region’s emergence as a digital infrastructure hub in southern Europe.
AWS also confirmed that its Aragon data centres have operated on 100% renewable energy since 2022, supported by a portfolio of solar and wind projects across Spain, and that it is targeting net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. In parallel, the company has committed €30m through to 2035 for community programmes in Aragon and has invested €17.2 million in local water stewardship initiatives aimed at reducing leakage, improving irrigation efficiency and promoting water reuse in agriculture.
The AWS region in Aragon currently serves major Spanish corporates and public institutions, including Telefónica, BBVA, Iberia, Indra, Iberdrola and the Government of Aragon, underpinning its strategic role in Spain’s digital transformation agenda.
