THE biggest-ever technological investment in Spain totalling €15.7 billion has been unveiled by Amazon Web Services(AWS).
The project to provide cloud-based services will see 17,500 jobs created over the next decade with a third of those in Aragon.
AWS says that Spain’s Domestic Growth Product will benefit by €21.6 billion.
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Minister of Digital Transformation, Jose Luis Escriva, said: “This investment ratifies Spain as a key digital hub in southern Europe, with great advantages such as connectivity and local climate and energy conditions”.
“This shows our incredible potential since our geographical location allows us to be one of the main logistics hubs nationally and within Europe,” the minister added.
The plan sees a six-fold increase on the initial project launched by AWS in 2021, which promised a …