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EdgeMode Plans 300MW Spain AI Campus With Bloom Energy Power Role

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EdgeMode is planning a 300MW Malpica AI data center campus in Mora, Spain, with Bloom Energy involved and a proposed €3 billion ($3.42bn) investment.

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EdgeMode Plans 300MW Spain AI Campus With Bloom Energy Power Role
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EdgeMode Puts AI Campus Power On Gas And Fuel Cells

EdgeMode is planning a 300MW data center campus in Mora, Toledo, tying Spain's AI infrastructure ambitions to a large power requirement and an on-site energy strategy.

The Malpica AI project is being developed with Bloom Energy and is aimed at high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads.

The plan carries a proposed investment of €3 billion ($3.42bn).

EdgeMode wants the campus to form part of a European network of facilities built for high-performance computing and AI, giving the project a clearer infrastructure role than a standard colocation expansion.

Mora Gets Jobs Before Capacity Arrives

Mora's mayor Emilio Bravo described the project as a potential turning point for Mora and Castilla-La Mancha.

He said construction would create 3,000 direct jobs and 2,500 indirect jobs, while the operational phase would provide nearly 1,000 jobs.

Those employment figures show why local authorities are treating the campus as an economic-development project, not only a technology site.

The harder execution burden is that the promised jobs depend on a 300MW campus moving from announcement and municipal support into construction, power delivery and customer demand.

Bloom Partnership Makes Power Part Of The Pitch

EdgeMode said it will work with hydrogen fuel cell developer Bloom Energy, placing the power system at the centre of the data center story.

The company is positioning the site for AI workloads that require dense, reliable electricity rather than general enterprise hosting.

The project also sits inside a wider European competition for AI infrastructure locations.

Spain offers land, renewable-energy potential and grid access in some regions, but a 300MW campus still has to secure the operating conditions needed for high-performance computing at scale.

Permits And Customers Are Still Unnamed

EdgeMode named the site, the proposed capacity, the investment figure, the Bloom partnership and the local jobs estimate.

The company did not name anchor customers, publish a construction timetable, or state when the first phase would enter service.

The unresolved operating burden is whether EdgeMode can turn Mora's municipal support and the Bloom Energy partnership into a financed, permitted and customer-backed 300MW AI campus.

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