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# Catalonia wins Spanish government backing for EU AI Gigafactory bid
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-20-spain-catalonia-ai-gigafactory-bid/
- Published: 2025-06-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:04:50.000Z
- Description: Catalonia's government backed a Telefonica led consortium's bid for an EU AI Gigafactory at Mora la Nova and San Fernando de Henares, reportedly worth about EUR 5 billion.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Catalan News, 21 June 2025](https://www.catalannews.com/business/item/southern-catalonia-to-host-one-of-eus-first-four-ai-gigafactories?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the Commission will select the Telefonica led bid for funding.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)