Spain Banks the AI Boom

Spain Banks the AI Boom

Santander coordinates a $22.8bn credit for Stargate’s Texas data centres — the biggest AI financing yet, arranged from Madrid The Hispano-Luso Report The largest infrastructure project on earth right now is not a dam, a railway or an airport. It is Stargate —...
The NHS Hires Spain

The NHS Hires Spain

Sacyr and ACS sign two of Britain’s eleven new hospitals — up to £3bn of the NHS’s £37bn building programme goes Spanish The Hispano-Luso Report Consider the scene at the signing: Oriol Negrell, Sacyr’s head of European operations, shoulder to...
Two American Rivals, One Brazilian Prize

Two American Rivals, One Brazilian Prize

American and United are taking nearly 9% of Azul each — how Brazil’s rescued carrier became the shareholding battlefield of US aviation The Hispano-Luso Report Yesterday in Brasília, the general superintendence of Cade — Brazil’s competition authority —...
JPMorgan vs Spanish Banks

JPMorgan vs Spanish Banks

Wall Street’s referee keeps blowing the whistle — Madrid keeps scoring. Two rounds in one month, and what the argument reveals The Hispano-Luso Report Twice in one month, the research desk of the most powerful bank on Wall Street has delivered a sceptical...
Vodafone’s Spanish Tower Revolt

Vodafone’s Spanish Tower Revolt

Zegona plots an exit from all 7,500 Vantage masts — €60m a year at stake, with BlackRock and KKR on the other side of the table The Hispano-Luso Report A quiet war is being fought over the Spanish airwaves… On one side: Vodafone España, controlled since 2024 by...