Amazon Web Services has announced a €15.7 billion investment in Spain, creating 17,500 full-time jobs annually across various local businesses.
This investment will primarily focus on expanding AWS’s cloud infrastructure in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region, particularly in Aragón.
It is projected to contribute €21.6 billion to Spain’s GDP by 2033.
José Luis Escrivá, Spain’s Minister for Digital Transformation and the Public Service, said: “Amazon Web Services’ decision to choose Spain places us at the forefront of technology innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Europe and confirms, once again, Spain’s ability to support technology talent and quality jobs in the long term.
“This new commitment by AWS spotlights our country’s attractiveness as a strategic tech hub in southern Europe, and the connectivity, climate and energy conditions that make us an attractive location to the world’s most innovative companies.
“That AWS data centers are 100% powered with renewable energy is absolutely aligned with the AI Government Strategy approved just few days ago.”
AWS’s expansion in Aragón will directly support 6,800 jobs in the region.
Roles include construction, facilities maintenance, engineering, and telecommunications.
“It will definitively place Aragón on the map as a center of innovation and the cloud economy in Europe”
Over half of the GDP contribution from this investment, approximately €12.9 billion, will originate from Aragón.
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Jorge Azcón, president of the regional government in Aragón, said: “Since its arrival in Aragón, AWS has turned the region’s potential for attracting technological investments into a reality.
“AWS is a global company, but its involvement in the local ecosystem and the communities in which it operates have made it an ‘Aragonese’ company.
“The investment we are announcing today is unique in the history of technology investments in our community and in Spain.
“It will definitively place Aragón on the map as a center of innovation and the cloud economy in Europe.”
AWS is dedicated to enhancing the local community and fostering economic growth.
The company plans to collaborate with local schools and community initiatives to support talent development, community education programs, and sustainability efforts.
AWS’s data centers in Aragón have been using 100 percent renewable energy since 2022.
This aligns with its global Climate Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
AWS’s investment also aims to address the technological skills gap in Spain.
