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# Spain — BSC AI Factory · sovereign AI programme
Sovereign programme record · Spain · 2024–2025

## Spain: ~$1.62B announced · disbursement not on record

# Spain: BSC AI Factory + MareNostrum 5 + AI Strategy 2024

-   Announced~$1.62B
    
-   Government funding~$1.62B
    
-   Committed—
    
    No committed dollar amount on record.
    
-   Disbursed—
    
    No disbursed dollar amount on record.
    

Funding stages share a dollar scale. A hatched track marks an absent figure and gives its reason. Tildes mark estimated figures.

[Corrected Sep 25, 2026](https://scrutica.com/corrections#sovereign-spain-government-funding-2026-09-25)Cite

**Operating compute / delivered hardware**. Reported operational or delivered: 4,480 NVIDIA H100 (physical hardware). Announced in EUR, converted at 1.0818 as of 2024-05-14 via the Federal Reserve's H.10 series on FRED (DEXUSEU, US dollars per euro).

### Funding components

| Component | Kind | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EUR 1.5B National AI Strategy 2024 | Government | $1.62B |
| MareNostrum 5 procurement (€151.41M; EuroHPC and Spain/Portugal/Türkiye consortium) | Government | — |
| MareNostrum 5 AI upgrade (€129M, January 2026; EuroHPC and participating countries) | Government | — |
| MareNostrum 5 and Spanish Supercomputing Network (€90M within the €1.5B strategy) | Government | — |

The residual The amount-bearing components sum to $1.62B against the $1.62B headline, a difference of $0.

### Hardware on record

<table class="reg-table" aria-label="Tracked accelerators for this programme"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Model</th><th scope="col" class="num">Count</th><th scope="col">Status</th><th scope="col">Organisation / role</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="reg-name">NVIDIA H100</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">4,480</span></td><td>Operational</td><td>BSC MareNostrum 5 ACC partition (government/EuroHPC)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p style="margin:0;font-size:12px;line-height:1.55;white-space:normal;color:var(--text-secondary)">Physical hardware: MareNostrum 5 accelerated partition: 1,120 nodes with four GPUs each. <a href="https://www.bsc.es/marenostrum/marenostrum-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:var(--teal);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px">Primary source</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Empanelled partners · 9

<table class="reg-table" aria-label="Partners and reported allocations"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Partner</th><th scope="col" class="num">Accelerators</th><th scope="col">Model</th><th scope="col">Stage</th><th scope="col">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="reg-name">Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS)</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Awarded</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/selection-first-seven-ai-factories-drive-europes-leadership-ai-2024-12-10_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2024-12-10</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Hosts MareNostrum 5 and leads the BSC AI Factory, which provides computing access and technical support for AI development.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT)</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2024-12-10</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Represents Portugal in the BSC AI Factory consortium.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2024-12-10</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Represents Türkiye in the BSC AI Factory consortium.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI București)</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2024-12-10</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Represents Romania in the BSC AI Factory consortium.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">FSAS Technologies</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Awarded</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/contract-signed-boost-marenostrum-5s-ai-capabilities-2026-01-26_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2026-01-26</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Leads the consortium with Telefónica contracted to expand MareNostrum 5’s AI capabilities in January 2026.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Telefonica</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Awarded</td><td><a href="https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/contract-signed-boost-marenostrum-5s-ai-capabilities-2026-01-26_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2026-01-26</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Works with FSAS Technologies on the January 2026 MareNostrum 5 AI upgrade contract.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.upc.edu/es/sala-de-prensa/noticias/el-centro-nacional-de-supercomputacion-recibira-115-millones-de-euros-del-gobierno-hasta-2029" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2020-12-23</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>The science ministry participates in BSC’s public consortium and its funding agreement.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Generalitat de Catalunya – Departament de Recerca i Universitats</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/paginas/2024/20241210-ai-factory.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2024-12-10</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>Participates in BSC’s public consortium; the December 2024 AI Factory announcement allocated €14M from the Catalan government.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="reg-name">Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC)</td><td class="num"><span style="font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;white-space:nowrap">—</span></td><td>—</td><td>Empanelled</td><td><a href="https://www.upc.edu/es/sala-de-prensa/noticias/el-centro-nacional-de-supercomputacion-recibira-115-millones-de-euros-del-gobierno-hasta-2029" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Primary source · 2020-12-23</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><div class="v2-note" style="white-space:normal"><p>University member of BSC’s public consortium and a party to its funding agreement.</p><ul><li>Programme-level disclosure</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

### External dependence

NVIDIA hardware: Medium · US technology: Medium. These are editorial assessments based on the programme’s procurement disclosures.

Named partners: BSC-CNS, EuroHPC JU, Spanish Government, Catalan Government, FSAS Technologies, Telefonica, Fujitsu.

BSC provides research and industry access to MareNostrum 5; its accelerated partition has 4,480 NVIDIA H100 GPUs. The BSC AI Factory has offered computing access and technical support since April 2025. ALIA uses MareNostrum 5 to train public language models for Spanish and its co-official languages. A €129M upgrade contract signed in January 2026 covers additional AI capacity.

### Data-quality caveats on this record · 5

-   MareNostrum 5’s accelerated partition comprises 1,120 nodes with four NVIDIA Hopper GPUs each. Its general-purpose partition uses Intel CPUs.
-   The June 2022 MareNostrum 5 procurement budget was €151.41M: half from EuroHPC and half from a consortium of Spain, Portugal and Türkiye. The published budget covers procurement; payments to suppliers are not itemized.
-   The January 2026 AI upgrade contract covers acquisition, delivery, installation and maintenance for €129M. EuroHPC supplies half of the funding; Spain, Portugal and Türkiye supply the remainder.
-   Spain’s AI Strategy 2024 budgeted €1.5B for 2024–25, including €90M for MareNostrum 5 and the Spanish Supercomputing Network. That €90M overlaps the strategy total. Its relationship to the later AI Factory contract is not reconciled.
-   The dollar figure converts the €1.5B strategy budget at US$1.0818 per euro on 14 May 2024, BSC’s publication date, from the Federal Reserve’s H.10 series distributed by FRED. The three procurement components below have their own dates and carry no dollar equivalent.

### The evidence trail

12 cited sources

-   [BSC AI Factory selection](https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/bsc-host-one-seven-european-ai-factories-drive-its-development-the-business-ecosystem) — Primary source · accessed 2026-04-07
-   [MareNostrum 5 upgrade contract (EuroHPC)](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/contract-signed-boost-marenostrum-5s-ai-capabilities-2026-01-26_en) — Primary source · accessed 2026-04-07
-   [MareNostrum 5 technical specifications (BSC)](https://www.bsc.es/marenostrum/marenostrum-5) — Primary source · accessed 2026-04-08
-   [MareNostrum 5 EuroHPC budget (EUR 151.41M)](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/marenostrum5-new-eurohpc-world-class-supercomputer-spain-2022-06-16_en) — Primary source · accessed 2026-04-08
-   [BSC: €1.5B AI strategy and included €90M supercomputing allocation, May 2024](https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/spanish-government-strengthens-ai-capabilities-marenostrum-5-supercomputer-managed-bsc) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
-   [Official Spanish government AI Factory announcement](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/paginas/2024/20241210-ai-factory.aspx) — Primary source · accessed 2026-03-28
-   [EuroHPC Spain AI Factory page](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en) — Primary source · accessed 2026-03-28
-   [ARA: Telefónica and Fujitsu’s MareNostrum 5 expansion contract](https://en.ara.cat/economy/barcelona-ai-factory-telefonica-and-fujitsu-will-expand-the-marenostrum-5-supercomputer_1_5629541.html) — Press or analyst · no accessed date on record
-   [BSC: ALIA multilingual public model programme and MareNostrum 5 training](https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/alia-europes-first-public-open-and-multilingual-ai-infrastructure) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
-   [UPC: BSC consortium membership and 2020–29 funding agreement](https://www.upc.edu/es/sala-de-prensa/noticias/el-centro-nacional-de-supercomputacion-recibira-115-millones-de-euros-del-gobierno-hasta-2029) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
-   [EuroHPC: MareNostrum 5 H100 specification, September 2023 presentation](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/system/files/2023-09/EuroHPC%20Systems%20and%20access%20opportunities%20AI%20-%20Evangelos%20Floros.pdf) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
-   [Spanish government, Council of Ministers press conference, 14 May 2024: the AI Strategy 2024 is earmarked with €1.5 billion from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and its addendum](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/councilministers/paginas/2024/20240514-council-press-conference.aspx) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-25

Machine access The same record, machine-readable: the [evidence-trail feed](https://scrutica.com/sovereign-ai/program/sovereign-es/feed.xml) and the [derivation-chain export](https://scrutica.com/api/sovereign-programs/derivation-chain/es).