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# Spain and Portugal sign MoU to explore joint bid for EU AI gigafactory
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-06-spain-portugal-ai-gigafactory-bid/
- Published: 2026-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T06:58:13.000Z
- Description: At their 36th summit in La Rabida, Spain and Portugal signed a memorandum committing to explore a joint Iberian bid to host one of the EU's first AI gigafactories under the InvestAI scheme, ministers Oscar Lopez and Goncalo Matias said.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [La Moncloa (Spanish government) press release, 6 March 2026](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/paginas/2026/20260306-spain-portugal-ai-cooperation.aspx?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that a bid has been submitted or that any site has been chosen.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. MoU only to explore a joint bid; no site chosen, nothing agreed. [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 2026-09-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)