Alto Infrastructure Breaks Ground on €3 Billion AI Campus in Granada, Spain
June 30, 2026
Alto Infrastructure Breaks Ground on €3 Billion AI Campus in Granada, Spain
Alto Infrastructure, the company formerly known as Sierra DC, has officially broken ground on a major data center campus in Granada, Spain, designed specifically for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud services. The project, named SP01, is expected to attract a potential investment of over €3 billion ($3.43 billion) and aims to become one of the largest data centers in the country.
The campus is located in the Industrial, Technological, and Innovation Area (CITAI) of Escúzar, just outside Granada. The investment includes approximately €700 million ($799.87 million) for infrastructure development, with the remainder allocated to the deployment of servers, GPUs, and advanced computing platforms to be installed by future clients. The first phase, offering 10MW of IT capacity, is scheduled to go live in the summer of 2027, scaling to 25MW by the end of that year. Full development is expected by late 2029, when the campus will reach 100MW of electrical power, equivalent to 70MW of IT capacity.
The facility will incorporate direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems and is designed to support power densities of up to 250kW per rack, a critical feature for next-generation AI workloads. “The most advanced models demand ever-increasing processing capacity and, with it, power densities far higher than those of a traditional data center,” said Gísli Kr., CEO of Alto Infrastructure. “We designed SP01 to respond to that evolution from day one.”
The groundbreaking ceremony took place just days after the Andalusian Regional Government announced the start of construction on the region’s first next-generation data center. The event was attended by José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, the Andalusian Regional Minister of Universities, Research, and Innovation, who highlighted the initiative as an example of the regional strategy to attract high-value-added technology investments and consolidate Andalusia as a hub for the digital economy.
The project underscores the growing demand for specialized infrastructure to support AI and HPC workloads in Europe. By targeting high-density deployments and advanced cooling technologies, Alto Infrastructure is positioning SP01 as a key facility for hyperscale cloud providers and AI companies seeking to expand their footprint in Southern Europe.
Source: datacenterdynamics
