The province of Alicante in Spain could be set to launch a new large-scale digital infrastructure project.

The Valencian company Valfortec, which specializes in renewable energy, is spearheading the development of a data center campus with an estimated investment of €300 million ($343.6m), an initiative that highlights the growing interest in expanding the network of data centers in Spain beyond the main hubs in Madrid and Aragón.

The project will be located in the municipality of Elche, near the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, a site that combines land availability, good transportation connections, and access to electrical infrastructure—factors that are increasingly critical for this type of development.

According to information published by elEconomista, the company has already begun the administrative process for the complex, which is designed as a scalable campus aimed at meeting the increased demand for processing capacity resulting from the growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

Up to 60MW for new digital workloads

The infrastructure is expected to reach a capacity of approximately 60MW, making it one of the largest projects announced to date in the Valencian Community.

Although details regarding potential customers or pre-commercial agreements have not yet been disclosed, the project reflects an increasingly visible trend in the Spanish market: the entry of companies from the energy sector into data center development.

The availability of electricity supply has become one of the main competitive factors for these projects, driving collaboration between digital infrastructure developers and companies with expertise in power generation and management.

The announcement comes amid strong expansion in the Spanish data center market. However, access to power capacity remains one of the main constraints for new developments, especially in more established markets.

In this scenario, provinces such as Alicante are seeking to position themselves as alternatives capable of offering available land, grid access, and more competitive development timelines. The combination of these factors, along with the growth in demand associated with artificial intelligence, is driving the emergence of new digital infrastructure hubs in different regions of the country.

If the project successfully navigates the regulatory approval process and obtains the necessary authorizations, the campus developed by Valfortec will help strengthen the Valencian Community’s presence in Spain’s data center ecosystem and expand the available capacity for future deployments of cloud services and artificial intelligence.

This piece was automatically translated from DCD’s Spanish site and edited by a member of DCD staff.