railway is the company selected by Microsoft to build its new data center, which will be located near Madrid. Specifically, in the town of San Sebastián de los Reyes, 20 kilometers north of the capital of Spain. It will raise it through its subsidiary Ferrovial Construcción, which will also be in charge of starting up this data processing center.
For now, it is unknown how much Microsoft plans to invest in this project, which will be the first of the three that the company plans to tackle in Madrid. What has been confirmed is that this choice has its origin in the strategic collaboration agreement that the two companies signed at the beginning of 2022.
This agreement contemplates the joint work of Microsoft and Ferrovial in the digitization of the latter’s operations. But also the search for new forms of construction for the optimization of Microsoft data centers, as well as the development of initiatives and technological solutions that allow those from Redmond to advance in Spain towards sustainable development and a future of net zero emissions as well. in the construction and management of its infrastructures.
Very strict sustainability criteria have been followed for the design of the data center, which will also be observed during its construction. That is why it has the Leed Gold certification, granted by the Green Building Council. Among other things, this future Microsoft data center in Spain has among its goals the achievement of a significant reduction in energy consumption. Also in CO2 emissions compared to other traditionally designed and managed data centers.
This data center is not the first built by Ferrovial Construcción. Until now he has already developed and worked on several projects of these characteristics for various companies. Among them are Telefónica and various companies in the finance sector.
