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Spain and Portugal sign MoU to explore joint bid for EU AI gigafactory

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.

Verified Editor-read La Moncloa (Spanish government) press release, 6 March 2026

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

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

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