Zaragoza attracts a one billion euro technological investment that will create 300 jobs

Zaragoza is taking a significant leap forward in the technology industry with the arrival of a new one-billion -euro investment linked to chip manufacturing. The President of the Government of Aragon praised the project after his visit to Ambil, highlighting it as “fantastic news” for the region, and possibly “the most important investment in our country related to the chip industry.”

The investment will create around 300 highly skilled and well-paid jobs and is part of a sector of the future, namely technology. It is a project directly linked to chips, an industry, the president emphasized, that is “extraordinarily technological and cutting-edge . “

IT WILL LAND AT THE FAILED BECTON DICKINSON PLANT

The company in charge of developing this project is the American technology firm Diamond Foundry, which has chosen Zaragoza to install an advanced manufacturing plant for synthetic diamond wafers, a strategic material for high-performance semiconductors. The company will acquire the failed Becton Dickinson plant in the Empresarium industrial park, a state-of-the-art facility that was intended to house a syringe manufacturing plant and was left unused after the withdrawal of the pharmaceutical project, initially valued at around €200 million.

This investment, the president emphasized, has multiplied to one billion euros with this new project. Furthermore, the reuse of this industrial complex , whose facilities, according to the president, are “perfectly compatible with chip manufacturing ,” will accelerate the timeline. “This is already a reality,” Azcón stressed, noting that the necessary urban planning procedures have been completed by the Zaragoza City Council, which will allow the companies to finalize the purchase and begin operations immediately.

The regional government insists that this investment will strengthen the industrial and technological ecosystem that is consolidating in Aragon around data centers and advanced computing. Indeed, the president has emphasized that the region is now approaching €80 billion in committed investments, mostly in technology, following the latest announcements regarding data infrastructure.

A TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY “ON PAR WITH PARIS OR FRANKFURT”

“Today, no other region in southern Europe can boast the computing power we have in Aragon,” Azcón stated, placing the region’s technology industries “on par with Paris or Frankfurt ” in leading international studies. He added that Aragon “can be absolutely satisfied with the work we have done.”

The Zaragoza plant will be integrated into the semiconductor value chain as a critical phase of the industrial process, complementing other facilities that Diamond Foundry already operates in Spain. Although it will not manufacture complete chips, its production is key for applications such as artificial intelligence , electric vehicles, and data centers—sectors with a strong presence in Aragon.

The president has linked this industrial growth to the regional government’s commitment to technological training , both at the university level and in vocational training . In recent years, the number of places available in engineering, mathematics, physics, and STEM fields has increased to the point that more than half of the vocational training programs in Aragon are now related to technology. “This is what will generate prosperity, highly skilled jobs, and opportunities for our young people,” he concluded.