Overview
- At Potencial Digital 2025 in Badajoz, Extremadura’s government reported quadrupling digitized procedures, surpassing 700,000 annual e‑transactions, training over 40,000 people, and cultivating about 2,000 specialists in AI, cloud and cybersecurity.
- A Coruña’s Ecosystems 2030 gathered roughly 50 global experts from firms such as Google, HP, Mastercard and Ikea, with organizers urging a mindset shift for AI adoption and warning about declines in critical thinking as capabilities advance.
- Spain’s prime minister promoted hosting multilateral AI talks and positioning the country as a driver of digital governance, with reporting noting a UN‑linked “AI for Humanity Lab” planned for Valencia with an initial €3 million contribution and a partnership with Costa Rica.
- Cloud HQ said it will invest $4.8 billion to build six AI data centers in Querétaro, Mexico, a project local reports say will create more than 7,000 jobs and bolster Latin America’s compute capacity.
- Microsoft confirmed it suspended part of its Azure services in the Middle East after finding evidence of alleged misuse by an Israeli defense unit for mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians, and said it notified Israel of the action.