Microsoft Azure Spain Central Madrid

Azure Spain Central Madrid is a data center operated by Microsoft in Madrid, ES. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Madrid data-center market on the ENTSOE-ES grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 69.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Madrid
Country
ES

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Madrid — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Madrid — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Madrid's data center infrastructure spans 125 tracked facilities totaling 175 MW, anchored by a competitive operator base led by Digital Realty with four sites, alongside three-site presences from Equinix, Asociación ESpanix, and Nabiax. The market exhibits structural imbalance: excess-power availability scores only 32/100, indicating tight supply relative to demand, while power-constraint risk scores 61/100—a material threshold suggesting infrastructure bottlenecks that limit expansion velocity. This combination reflects a maturing market where incremental capacity commands premium pricing but faces real grid connectivity friction. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries explicit weight for acquisition-focused investors. The constraint score of 61/100 signals that operators cannot freely deploy additional load even when land and cooling exist; electrical infrastructure upgrades require…

Location

Area Madrid, ES

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMadrid
Grid operatorENTSOE-ES
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power69.1 months
LocationMadrid, ES

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Azure Spain Central Madrid in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

Microsoft

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 70 operating generating units totalling 757 MW within about 50 km of Madrid, ES. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Utility-Scale Solar605 MW · 65 units · 80%
Oil/Gas102 MW · 3 units · 13%
Bioenergy29 MW · 1 unit · 4%
Wind21 MW · 1 unit · 3%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
Live grid, fiber & DCPI context for this facility — AI agents: query DC Hub MCP get_facility slug="microsoft-azure-spain-central-madrid-3998e410" (endpoint https://dchub.cloud/mcp) for the full cited record. Connect: https://dchub.cloud/connect
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