Spain and Mexico have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), supercomputing, connectivity and cybersecurity. The agreement was signed by Spain’s Minister for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, Óscar López, and the director of Mexico’s Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications, José Antonio Peña Merino, and includes an action plan and timetable to define how the cooperation will be implemented.
The memorandum covers a broad range of areas related to digital transformation. Alongside AI, supercomputing, data centres, connectivity and cybersecurity, it includes the use of digital technologies to manage natural disasters and climate change, the digitalisation of public services, digital identity and training in digital skills.
Following the signing, López outlined the role he believes the two countries can play in the digital sphere. “Mexico and Spain can and should be the third digital path. A path that cooperates and supports interoperable data, open models and cooperation in supercomputing, as the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is already doing with the Coatlicue supercomputer that Mexico is building,” he said.
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Spain and Mexico strengthen cooperation on artificial intelligence, supercomputing and cybersecurity. Action plan for Spain-Mexico digital cooperation
The memorandum establishes several ways in which cooperation can be developed. These include joint programmes, exchanges of information and best practices, mutual visits and the joint organisation of and participation in conferences, symposiums and courses.
The agreement builds on cooperation between Spain and Mexico in recent years. In 2024, Spain’s National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) and Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) signed a memorandum of understanding.
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) has also reached agreements with Mexican scientific institutions to promote supercomputing and AI in Mexico. A separate agreement with Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute laid the groundwork for integrating Latin America’s supercomputing system into the European EuroHPC ecosystem.
Spain and Mexico share a common approach to several challenges associated with digital transformation, including the sustainable and orderly development of data centres, the acceleration of deeptech technologies and the transfer of technological innovation from laboratories to the productive system.
Spanish companies in Mexico City
During his visit to Mexico City, López visited the facilities of two Spanish companies operating in the city. He toured Veridas, which specialises in digital identity, biometrics and fraud prevention, as well as Indra’s Cybersecurity Centre, the company’s second cybersecurity operations centre worldwide.
López highlighted that the digital economy already accounts for 27% of Spain’s GDP. “Spain no longer exports only hotels, construction companies or renewables, although we still do. Now we export secure and reliable technology,” he said.
The minister will conclude his visit to Mexico with a keynote lecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), described as Mexico’s largest and most influential higher education institution and one of the largest and most important in Ibero-America and the Spanish-speaking world.