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MERLIN Navalmoral Gigawatt Campus

Navalmoral de la Mata, EX, SpainProposed
Evidence
Planned critical IT
1,400 MW
Updated
Oct 29, 2026

MERLIN Properties proposes a campus at Expacio Navalmoral in Navalmoral de la Mata, Spain. Its March 2026 plan describes long-term potential for up to 1.4 GW of IT capacity, starting with two proposed 100 MW buildings. The developer reported site control in December 2024, a 2 GW power request in February 2025 and a construction-licence application in September 2025. Requested power is not awarded supply. AAI25/032 describes a later application-scoped design; its correspondence to commercial phases and final approvals remains unverified, rather than establishing a smaller initial commercial deployment.

Capacity

Target IT capacity MW

Planned / design or future potential

1,400 MW

Source

Initial stage target IT capacity MW

Planned / design or future potential

200 MW

Source

Requested grid capacity MW

Forecast

2,000 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Initial two-building stagePlanned

2 buildings

Two proposed 100 MW IT buildings within the longer-term 1.4 GW IT potential; not 200 MW currently operating. Evidence: SRC-N215-MERLIN-NAVALMORAL-M1

Milestones (5)
Developer reported gaining site control.

Dec 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Sources (1)
Requested 2 GW of grid power; request is not awarded capacity.

Feb 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Sources (1)
Construction-license application for first two buildings submitted.

Sep 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Sources (1)
AAI25/032 public-consultation notice published

May 22, 2026 · Recorded actual event

On May 22, 2026, the official gazette published a notice dated May 19 opening public consultation on the AAI application and environmental-impact study for 30 working days from the day after publication. This event records publication only, not final approval, completed consultation or its outcome.

Completed · Announced

Sources (1)
March plan targeted first two buildings ready by year-end; not verified completion.

2028 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Announced

Sources (1)

Participants

MERLIN Properties

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)

Site & development

Site location

Reported rounded

Expacio Navalmoral industrial park; 39°54′24.9″N 5°30′34.2″W. One campus, not separate records for EXT-NAV 01/02 or later buildings.

Source

Land and site control context

Reported rounded

More than one million square metres under developer control, per investor presentation.

Source

Technical specifications

Aai25032 backup cooling design context

Source report

The AAI25/032 consultation notice lists 104 emergency diesel generator sets rated 7.9 MW thermal each and 144 rooftop cooling assemblies. Its two 104-set descriptions must not be added together. Thermal ratings are not electrical output or IT capacity, and the application inventory does not establish installed equipment.

Source

Additional project facts

Aai25032 application scope context

Source report

The consultation notice published May 22, 2026 for Merlin Edged, SL’s AAI25/032 application describes two buildings on parcel I-64, cadastral reference 4805401TK8240N0001HB, with stated cadastral area 206,753 m². It gives 192 MW critical demand, 288 MW total demand and sixteen 12 MW IT halls. These are application design quantities, not final approval or operating capacity; correspondence to commercial EXT-NAV01/02 remains unverified.

Source

Reviewed nav premia context

Source report

Decree 92/2026 of May 12, published May 18, grants PREMIA strategic project designation to the project presented by Merlin Edged, SL, NIF B13766233. It does not grant integrated environmental authorization or establish commissioned capacity. Its operative clause expressly excludes public utility/social interest and urgent occupation declarations and establishment or extension of the specified easements; the background also identifies the 400 kV supply line as state jurisdiction infrastructure.

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Reported context

2 GW request at Arañuelo 400 kV substation; do not label secured grid supply.

Cooling system

Reported context

Zero-water design ambition, not a measured operating result.

Other · Documented

MERLIN Navalmoral Gigawatt Campus

Sources (1)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.