Data centers in Spain
106 data centers are listed in Spain. The cities with the most listings are Madrid (28), Barcelona (11), Alcalá de Henares (4), Alcobendas (3) and Murcia (3); together they hold 46% of them. The operators with the most listings are Equinix (6), BBVA (5) and Digital Realty (5), out of 52 named operators.
By type, the listings in Spain are 36% enterprise, 32% colocation and 25% unclassified. Across all listed countries the enterprise share is 16%. By published utility power, the largest single buildings are Digital Realty MAD4 (Digital Realty, 30 MW) and Digital Realty MAD3 (Digital Realty, 5.8 MW).
Worldwide, Spain ranks 16th of 152 countries by number of listings, with 1% of all listed facilities. In Southern Europe it ranks 2nd of 11; the others with the most listings are Italy (166), Greece (23) and Croatia (18).
The three operators with the most listings hold 15% of them; 32 of the 52 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 25 MW of IT load across 2 buildings and 42 MW of utility power across 4 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 35 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (21 Tier III, 13 Tier IV and 1 Tier II). Tier IV: Data Center Euskadi Bizkaia, Phase 1, Complejo Tecnologico Tres Cantos - CPD II, Complejo Tecnologico Tres Cantos - CPD I, Green Data Center, Madrid and 9 others. Listings not yet in operation: 1 announced and 1 under construction. Among them: Pure DC Madrid Meco (MAD01) and QTS Calatorao-EN.
About Spain
The directory lists 106 data centers in Spain, which ranks 16th among the 152 countries it covers. They are run by 52 operators in 36 towns and cities. Madrid has the most with 28, followed by Barcelona with 11, Alcalá de Henares with 4 and Alcobendas, Murcia and Santander with 3 each. The Madrid market, the only Spanish market in the directory, holds 42 facilities.
Equinix has the most listings, 6, followed by BBVA and Digital Realty with 5 each and Echelon with 4. Enterprise data centers (38) outnumber colocation sites (34), and banks and companies such as BBVA, Banco Santander and Inditex run their own.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. 2 buildings publish an IT load, the larger being CyrusOne's MAD1 in Madrid at 18 MW. 4 publish a utility supply, led by Digital Realty MAD4 in Madrid at 30 MW. MAD4 is also the largest listed building by floor area, at 228,000 square feet, ahead of Pure DC's Madrid Meco (MAD01) at about 202,000.
Pure DC's Madrid Meco site is under construction and QTS has announced a project at Calatorao. 35 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 13 of them at Tier IV, including the two Tres Cantos buildings, Inditex's data centers and Data Center Euskadi Bizkaia.
96 of 106 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Madrid (28) · Barcelona (11) · Alcalá de Henares (4) · Alcobendas (3) · Murcia (3) · Santander (3) · Cerdanyola del Vallès (2) · Granada (2) · Pamplona (2) · Paterna (2) · San Sebastián de los Reyes (2) · Tres Cantos (2) · Valencia (2)
Markets
Madrid (42)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Equinix | 6 |
| BBVA | 5 |
| Digital Realty | 5 |
| Echelon | 4 |
| Amazon Web Services | 3 |
| Oracle | 3 |
| Banco Santander | 2 |
| Data4 | 2 |
| Global Switch | 2 |
| INDITEX | 2 |
| KIO | 2 |
| Kumo networks S.A.U | 2 |
| Merlin Properties | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 |
| NTT Global Data Centers | 2 |
| Nabiax | 2 |
| Nasertic | 2 |
| OXIGEN Data Center S.L. | 2 |
| Silc Immobles | 2 |
| T-Systems ITC Iberia SAU | 2 |
| AIRE | 1 |
| ASAC Comunicaciones S.L. | 1 |
| Altia | 1 |
| Arsys Internet S.L.U. | 1 |
| Atlantic Data Infrastructure (ADI) | 1 |
Top 25 of 52 operators.
Largest data centers in Spain by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of utility power |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty MAD4 | Digital Realty | 30 |
| Digital Realty MAD3 | Digital Realty | 5.8 |
| Digital Realty MAD1 | Digital Realty | 3.6 |
| Digital Realty MAD2 | Digital Realty | 2.4 |
Top 10 of 4 buildings that publish their utility power in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in Spain
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pure DC Madrid Meco (MAD01) | Pure DC | Under construction | not recorded |
| QTS Calatorao-EN | QTS | Announced | not recorded |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Spain
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Alcalá Data Center | Nabiax | Tier IV (Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Alcalá Data Center 1 and Sala BSK | Nabiax | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Campus DATA Center SEDE Valencia, FASE I | Kumo networks S.A.U | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Complejo Tecnologico Tres Cantos - CPD I | BBVA | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Complejo Tecnologico Tres Cantos - CPD II | BBVA | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Data Center de Alta Seguridade da Xunta de Galicia, Phase 1 | Xunta de Galicia | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Euskadi Bizkaia, Phase 1 | Atlantic Data Infrastructure (ADI) | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Green Data Center, Madrid | Enagás | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Inditex DATA Center 2, Phase 1 | INDITEX | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Inditex DATA Center, First Phase | INDITEX | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Kumo/Murcia Data Center | Kumo networks S.A.U | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Madrid-4 | Itconic S.A. | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| WALHALLA Data Center | Tissat | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Arsys Logroño Data Center Portalada, Salas 1-4 | Arsys Internet S.L.U. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| ASAC DataCenter 1 | ASAC Comunicaciones S.L. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centre Tecnològic – Cerdanyola CD1 | Silc Immobles | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centre Tecnològic – Cerdanyola CD2 | Silc Immobles | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Ciudad BBVA: Horus-MER & Core | BBVA | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| CPD 22@ T-Systems | T-Systems ITC Iberia SAU | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CPD Cerdanyola, Phase 1 | T-Systems ITC Iberia SAU | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CPD del Centro de Control Eléctrico de Red Eléctrica | Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.U | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CPD Docalia,S.L., Phase 1 | Docalia,S.L. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CPD GISS Soria, Phase 1 | Gobierno de España Gerencia Informática de la Seguridad Social | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Beskar CNSO | Telefónica de España S.A.U. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Ronda, Phase 1 | Unicaja Banco, S.A. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center RSI, Tres Cantos I, Phase 1 | Rural de Servicios Informáticos | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| EDCBCN01 | ECX Sant Boi de Llobregat Barcelona, S.L.U. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| EJIE Araba Data Center, Phase 1 | EJIE | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Fortinet Spain ES1, Edificios CD3/CD4, Fase 1 | Fortinet Security Spain SL | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Oxigen Data Center 2 (ODC2) | OXIGEN Data Center S.L. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Oxigen ODC1 | OXIGEN Data Center S.L. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| QTT-MAD1 Data Center, Phases 1 and 2, Sala IT 3 and Sala IT 4 | Quetta Data Centers | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Templus MAD01 | Templus Alcalá S.L. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| UN Global Service Centre | United Nations | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Edicom Business Center | EDICOM | Tier II (Certification of Design Documents) |
| BBVA Vaguada | BBVA | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Ciudad BBVA: MER & Core, Trading Floor | BBVA | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Global Switch Madrid 2 | Global Switch | M&O Stamp of Approval |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty MAD4 | Digital Realty | 228,000 |
| Pure DC Madrid Meco (MAD01) | Pure DC | 202,178 |
| Digital Realty BCN1 | Digital Realty | 161,500 |
| Digital Realty MAD3 | Digital Realty | 94,000 |
| Digital Realty MAD1 | Digital Realty | 89,000 |
| CyrusOne Madrid, MAD1 | CyrusOne | 64,583 |
| Equinix Madrid MD2 | Equinix | 60,267 |
| Digital Realty MAD2 | Digital Realty | 38,000 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Madrid 1 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 36,597 |
| EdgeConneX Barcelona, Spain (BCN) | EdgeConneX | 32,292 |
| Equinix Barcelona BA2 | Equinix | 27,147 |
| Equinix Barcelona BA1 | Equinix | 22,755 |
| Equinix Madrid MD1 | Equinix | 18,686 |