Commission Digital Decade 2026 country report on Spain

The European Commission has published the Digital Decade 2026 country report for Spain.

• Main announcement: The Commission report presents Spain’s 2026 assessment and policy recommendations, noting EUR 22.2 billion (23%) of Spain’s Recovery and Resilience Plan dedicated to digital, EUR 4.9 billion under cohesion policy for digital, and specific major funding changes such as the reduction of the PERTE Chip flagship from EUR 12,250 million to EUR 1,936 million (with EUR 1,016 million in grants and EUR 920 million in loans), and the launch of the Spanish Quantum Technologies Strategy 2025-2030 with a budget of EUR 808 million. The report also records connectivity and deployment metrics (e.g., 96.05% VHCN coverage, 587 edge nodes by 2025) and lists concrete project funding and timelines (e.g., EUR 62.1 million awarded July 2025 for the Integrated Photonics Pilot Line; Telefónica’s PENCAN-X cable supported with EUR 6.6 million expected operational by 2026).
• Background and implementation details: The document summarises national measures and EU participation: SETT invested EUR 812.3 million in strategic semiconductor projects (including EUR 752 million co-invested with Diamond Foundry for Trujillo), Next Tech Fund / SETT invested EUR 347.2 million in digital scale-up support (with EUR 111.95 million direct equity), the public ALIA LLM ecosystem (40B-parameter model released December 2025) is part of sovereign AI infrastructure, and multiple programmes carry defined budgets and delivery windows (e.g., RedIA EUR 130 million, RedIA Salud EUR 50 million, Kit Data Space up to EUR 60 million; submarine cable and hub grants and EDIC/IPCEI/Chips JU participations are specified).