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Data Center Power & Policy in Spain
Every government action on data centers and power in Spain that we have verified: moratoriums, grid rules, incentives, tariffs and plans, with the power indicators that drive site selection.
By Amit Jain
Reviewed by Deepti Agrawal
Updated 19 October 2026
In short
As of 19 October 2026, DC Market Insights tracks 7 government actions on data centers and power in Spain, 4 of them in force. We have found no moratorium or restriction on new data centers in force in Spain.
Market snapshot
Spain power and policy: key facts
- Industrial electricity price: 113 USD/MWh (2025). Rank 11 of 20 tracked countries, highest first.
- Renewable share of electricity generation: 55.5% (2025). Rank 9 of 31 tracked countries, highest first.
- Latest change: Draft data centre Royal Decree: public reporting for data centres with 500 kW or more of IT power (Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), 27 Aug 2026).
- By type: 3 power tariff, 2 grid access, 1 efficiency rule and 1 renewable energy.
Power indicators for Spain
Latest official figure for each indicator, with earlier years where we have them.
In force now in Spain
Grid access (2)
Royal Decree-law 7/2026: capacity-reservation charge, CNAE code and high-priority demand for grid access
RDL 7/2026 of 20 March 2026 (Middle East crisis response plan) changes demand access to the electricity grid. From 22 March 2026 holders of demand access permits at 1 kV or more pay a capacity-reservation charge to the grid operator until the activity starts, linked to the CNMC power-term tolls. Applications must state the CNAE activity code and permits can be lost if the real activity differs. Housing, public services, electrification and strategic projects get high-priority access. An additional provision sets energy, environmental, resilience and digital sovereignty requirements for data processing centres.
Demand access capacity tenders at transmission nodes (first round resolved February 2026)
Where demand access requests exceed capacity at a transmission node, Spain allocates capacity by tender. The Secretary of State for Energy called demand access tenders at certain transmission nodes on 11 July 2025 and resolved them on 24 February 2026 (BOE 25 Feb 2026): awards of 500 MW at Brazatortas 400, 18.7 MW at Cristóbal Colón 220, 52 MW at Francolí 220, 100 MW at Nuevo Vigo (Bateas) 220 and 257.3 MW at Palos 220. Winners had ten business days to resume their access and connection procedures. A further access capacity tender at certain transmission nodes was agreed by resolution of 2 July 2026.
Power tariff (2)
Orden TED/1524/2025: electricity system charges (cargos) for 2026
MITECO Order TED/1524/2025 of 23 December 2025 (BOE 27 Dec 2025) sets the 2026 system charges (cargos) added to network tolls, in force from 1 January 2026. For tariff segment 6 the P1 power term is EUR 1.299240/kW-year and the P1 energy term EUR 0.002848/kWh.
1.3 EUR/kW/year segment 6 P1 power term of the cargos
CNMC network access tolls 2026 (peajes de transporte y distribución)
The CNMC set the 2026 electricity transmission and distribution access tolls by resolution of 18 December 2025 (BOE 22 Dec 2025), applying from 1 January 2026. For tariff 6.4TD (145 kV and above, used by the largest loads) the P1 power term is EUR 6.606205/kW-year (2025: 6.590215) and the P1 energy term EUR 0.008427/kWh (2025: 0.007944); for 6.1TD (1-30 kV) the P1 power term is EUR 23.946498/kW-year.
6.61 EUR/kW/year 6.4TD P1 power term of the T&D toll
Announced and proposed
Measures that are not yet in force. Status changes when the rule takes effect or is withdrawn.
Draft data centre Royal Decree: public reporting for data centres with 500 kW or more of IT power
The draft Royal Decree (art. 14) sets publicity obligations for data centres with IT power of 500 kW or more, with annual submission of energy and sustainability data in line with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364. Data centres of 1 MW or more must also state whether and how they apply the best practices of the latest EU Code of Conduct on data centre energy efficiency.
500 kW IT power threshold for publicity obligations
Draft data centre Royal Decree: surcharges on tolls and charges and loss of grid access for non-compliance
Under the draft Royal Decree on data centres (MITECO, 2026), data centres that exceed the maximum number of hours below the renewable cover pay surcharges on access tolls and system charges, starting at 65% and rising by 10 points for each consecutive year of non-compliance. Significant and repeated breaches of the renewable requirement, or final rulings on digital sovereignty or efficiency, can lead to loss of grid access and connection permits.
65 % initial surcharge on peajes and cargos; +10 points per consecutive year
Draft Royal Decree on data centre sustainability, resilience and digital sovereignty: 80% hourly renewable matching
MITECO draft Royal Decree (public consultation to 4 September 2026) for data centres above 1 MW of electrical power: at least 80% of the electricity consumed in each hour must be renewable generation from that same hour, until renewables exceed 90% of the mix; each new MW must be matched by new renewable capacity installed in the 18 months before start-up (self-consumption or PPAs); PUE and WUE at EU rating category A; operator established in the EU with data, metadata and logs kept in EU territory. Projects in process get 6 months to comply (3 months if awaiting a grid access tender).
80 % minimum hourly renewable cover of consumption
Timeline of data center and power policy in Spain
| Date | Action | Type | Status | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | Draft data centre Royal Decree: public reporting for data centres with 500 kW or more of IT power | Efficiency rule | Proposed | Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Draft data centre Royal Decree: surcharges on tolls and charges and loss of grid access for non-compliance | Power tariff | Proposed | Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Draft Royal Decree on data centre sustainability, resilience and digital sovereignty: 80% hourly renewable matching | Renewable energy | Proposed | Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Royal Decree-law 7/2026: capacity-reservation charge, CNAE code and high-priority demand for grid access | Grid access | In force | Government of Spain (Council of Ministers) |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Demand access capacity tenders at transmission nodes (first round resolved February 2026) | Grid access | In force | Secretaría de Estado de Energía (MITECO) |
| 23 Dec 2025 | Orden TED/1524/2025: electricity system charges (cargos) for 2026 | Power tariff | In force | Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) |
| 18 Dec 2025 | CNMC network access tolls 2026 (peajes de transporte y distribución) | Power tariff | In force | Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) |
How Spain compares
Latest official figures for the countries we track.
| Country | Industrial power price | Renewable share | Grid emission factor | Restrictions in force | Incentives in force |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | — | 19.6% (2025) | 0.28 kgCO2/kWh (2022) | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | — | 39% (2025) | — | 0 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | — | 2% (2025) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 183 USD/MWh (2025) | 34.3% (2025) | 0.19 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | — | 86.8% (2025) | 0.07 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | — | 63.9% (2024) | 0.10 kgCO2/kWh (2022) | 2 | 0 |
| Chile | — | 66% (2025) | 0.24 kgCO2/kWh (2023) | 0 | 0 |
| Colombia | — | — | 0.22 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 134 USD/MWh (2025) | 81.5% (2024) | 0.11 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 1 | 0 |
| Ecuador | — | — | 0.16 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 1 | 0 |
| Finland | 58.4 USD/MWh (2025) | 57% (2024) | 0.03 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 0 |
| France | 104 USD/MWh (2025) | 27% (2025) | 0.02 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 180 USD/MWh (2025) | 58.8% (2025) | 0.34 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 1 | 0 |
| India | 82.1 USD/MWh (2025) | 28.7% (2026) | 0.68 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 62.9 USD/MWh (2024) | 16.3% (2025) | 0.68 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 234 USD/MWh (2025) | 41.3% (2024) | 0.20 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 2 | 0 |
| Italy | 184 USD/MWh (2025) | 48% (2025) | 0.20 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | — | 23.1% (2024) | 0.45 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | — | 14.6% (2025) | 0.81 kgCO2/kWh (2025) | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 165 USD/MWh (2025) | 23.3% (2025) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 105 USD/MWh (2026) | 21% (2025) | 0.74 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | — | — | 0.44 kgCO2/kWh (2023) | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 148 USD/MWh (2025) | 49% (2025) | 0.20 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 4 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 97.5 USD/MWh (2026) | 34.7% (2025) | — | 0 | 1 |
| Peru | — | 62.6% (2025) | — | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | — | 17.6% (2025) | — | 2 | 0 |
| Singapore | 189 USD/MWh (2025) | 2.1% (2024) | 0.40 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | — | 9.8% (2025) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 113 USD/MWh (2025) | 55.5% (2025) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | — | 60.2% (2025) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 78.5 USD/MWh (2025) | — | 0.06 kgCO2/kWh (2023) | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 120 USD/MWh (2026) | 8.8% (2024) | 0.47 kgCO2/kWh (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 234 USD/MWh (2026) | 52.1% (2025) | 0.15 kgCO2/kWh (2026) | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 86.2 USD/MWh (2025) | 24% (2025) | 0.35 kgCO2/kWh (2023) | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 83.3 USD/MWh (2026) | 19.4% (2025) | — | 1 | 0 |
Questions
Is there a data center moratorium in Spain?
We have found no moratorium or restriction on new data centers in force in Spain as of 19 October 2026. Proposed or announced measures, if any, are listed in the timeline.
What does electricity cost for data centers in Spain?
The industrial electricity price in Spain was 113 USD/MWh in 2025 (Eurostat nrg_pc_205, band ID (20,000-69,999 MWh), excl. taxes and levies: mean of 2025-S1 0.1016 and 2025-S2 0.0991 EUR/kWh = 100.35 EUR/MWh x 1.1300 USD/EUR = 113.4 USD/MWh. 2026-S1: 0.0959 EUR/kWh). Data center contracts can differ by voltage level, contract length and location.
How much of Spain’s electricity is renewable?
Renewables supplied 55.5% of electricity generation in Spain in 2025.
Where does this data come from?
Each action comes from a page we opened: a law, regulation, gazette notice, ministry or regulator release, grid operator notice or investment agency page, and only when official text is not available a company or trade publication. A second analyst re-opens the source before an item is published. Government sources are linked on the page; all sources come with the Excel data.
What counts as a restriction or moratorium?
A government or grid operator rule that stops, pauses, caps or conditions new data center capacity or grid connections, for a country or a region within it. Proposals are shown as proposed until they take effect.
How are power prices compared?
We use each country’s official statistics for industrial or non-household electricity, converted to US dollars per MWh at the average rate for the year where needed, and show the year and source. Contract prices for data centers can differ.
How often is it updated?
Countries are reviewed on a rolling schedule and changes are added as they are announced. Each item shows the date of the action.
Global capacity
How much data center capacity does Spain have?
Installed capacity in MW (IT load), its share of the region, the largest tracked sites and the outlook to 2035.
Choosing a market or a site?
Our analysts prepare country briefings on power, grid access, incentives and permits, with every source, in Excel.