Data centres


In the face of change


Perfectly placed to access markets in Africa, South and North America, Spain is fast becoming an investment hot property and Europe’s data capital. Seen by many as a growing digital giant, the country’s digital ambitions are matched by those of its biggest bank, Santander. Andrew Tunnicliffe speaks with fi nance IT expert Professor Dr Philipp Brune about the digital challenges banks face in accessing the cloud.


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rom Amazon Web Service and Google to Microsoft Azure, tech giants are ploughing money into Spain, expanding their cloud service offerings in a bid to reach deeper into the domestic economies of the continent – to say


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nothing of the broader EU. Offering a stable political and economic environment, with a highly skilled workforce and relatively low salaries compared with Germany and France, the country is prime real estate.


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