MERLIN Navalmoral Gigawatt Campus
- 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
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
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)
Dec 2024 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Sources (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
Feb 2025 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Sources (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
Sep 2025 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Sources (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
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)
- AAI25/032 — Navalmoral public consultation notice, DOE 97 · May 22, 2026 · Primary
2028 · Forecast / planned record
Forecast · Announced
Sources (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
Participants
Developer
Sources by role
Developer (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
Site & development
Site location
Reported roundedExpacio 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.
SourceLand and site control context
Reported roundedMore than one million square metres under developer control, per investor presentation.
SourceTechnical specifications
Aai25032 backup cooling design context
Source reportThe 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.
SourceAdditional project facts
Aai25032 application scope context
Source reportThe 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.
SourceReviewed nav premia context
Source reportDecree 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.
SourceInfrastructure & permits
Technical details (2)
Reported context
2 GW request at Arañuelo 400 kV substation; do not label secured grid supply.
Reported context
Zero-water design ambition, not a measured operating result.
Project map
Other · Documented
MERLIN Navalmoral Gigawatt Campus
Sources (1)
- MERLIN Capital Markets Day, Navalmoral slides 37–39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Primary
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.