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Global Switch has begun construction on a second data center in Madrid, expanding its existing campus in the Spanish capital.
The new facility, Madrid 2, will be built next to Madrid 1 on the company’s Madrid campus. Global Switch said this week on LinkedIn that the project has broken ground.
Madrid 2 is planned as a 24,000 sqm (258,335 sq ft) colocation facility with 56MW of capacity. According to the company, the site will support AI, cloud, and high-performance computing. It is scheduled to come online in 2029 and reach full capacity by 2032. Spain-based EIGO Construcciones is the contractor for the building.
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Once Madrid 2 is completed, Global Switch’s Madrid campus will have a combined capacity of 70MW. The campus is located on Calle Yécora, near the city center and financial center, in an area described in the source as ‘Silicon Alley’ because of its concentration of technology and internet companies. The region also has the highest per capita connectivity in Spain.
Madrid 1, the existing facility on the campus, was built in 2000 and has since been expanded, with further upgrades planned through 2027. The colocation data center spans 12,000 sqm (129,165 sq ft) and has a capacity of 14MW.
Global Switch was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, UK. The company operates 16 data centers across Europe and Asia Pacific, totaling around 428,000 sqm (4.6 million sq ft). It is majority owned by China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group.
Madrid remains Spain’s main digital and data center hub, with 81 data centers, according to Data Center Map.
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