Overview
- On Monday the government sent a revised royal decree to the Council of State that scales back the August draft and seeks final approval before the November 29 election.
- The new text limits the regulation to data centres with access capacity of 10 megawatts or more instead of the original 1 MW threshold, focusing obligations on the biggest projects.
- The decree creates an optional five‑year transitory regime through 2031 that requires 60% renewable supply in peak hours until end‑2028 and then 70% in peak hours and 60% in off‑peak hours until 2031 for sites that choose the moratorium.
- Facilities that use the moratorium must join the automatic power‑reduction system (SRAP), make their operations available to Red Eléctrica for urgent curtailment, and may be disconnected without compensation when the grid needs it.
- The measure still enforces strict water‑use (WUE) and energy‑efficiency (PUE) standards, shortens minimum PPA terms to six years, explicitly counts batteries toward renewable supply, and allows looser timing for EU‑strategic projects such as the Mora la Nova AI gigafactory.