Ferrovial to build new Microsoft ‘data center’ in Spain

It is covered by the agreement The alliance both companies formed at the beginning of last year to advance the development of digital solutions for the construction, infrastructure and mobility industries, in line with its commitment to both advancing innovation and decarbonizing the economy.

It is also Microsoft’s first step towards technology. Development of the $12,000 million plan (EUR 11,371 million) Establishing data centers in 17 European countries. The facilities that Ferrovial will build will be located in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid), along with Meco and Algete (also in Madrid), where it will build data centers, according to ‘Cinco Días’. in Spain.

These three centers will create a ‘cloud’ region that will allow data from Spanish companies and governments to be hosted in Spain. Amsterdam or Dublin, it also has an impact on lower latency when providing services.

In parallel form, Microsoft is already gradually rolling out the EU Data Bound service for cloud businesses. It will allow business and public sector customers to process and store their data in the European Union.

This service is available in Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365. The tech giant is expected to activate its Madrid-based cloud region next year after construction of its three data centers is complete.

Sustainability in design

To realize the first project in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Ferrovial has followed the sustainability criteria in its design and construction and has the ‘Leed Gold’ certificate issued by the Green Building Council.

In this sense, the center is success-oriented. The most efficient way to significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared to traditional data centers.

Ferrovial already has experience in the construction of such facilities, having carried out projects with these characteristics for companies such as Telefónica, as well as various financial companies and other companies.

The alliance between the two companies will also accelerate ongoing initiatives such as Aivia.The Ferrovial smart roads project or digital twins based on IoT technologies, as well as other solutions focused on the collection and processing of data linked to the improvement of sustainability goals, both at the operational and enterprise level, in areas such as smart in the collection and processing of data on emissions or dynamic business activities, including carbon and water footprints. in the creation of reports.