--- title: "Investment in technology services in Spain reaches a record level — Marsanne Studio AI watch" description: "AI is pushing large Spanish companies to bring some of their IT services back in-house, according to an Eraneos-Whitelane study." url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/investment-in-technology-services-in-spain-reaches-a-record-a59f27/" lang: "en" --- [Marsanne Studio](https://marsanne.studio/en/) [← Back to home](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) [← The AI watch](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) Data study · 25 September 2026 # Investment in technology services in Spain reaches a record level Original title, in Spanish: “La inversión en servicios tecnológicos en España alcanza su máximo histórico” **Publication** Computing (Spain) **Author** Unsigned **Published on** 25 September 2026 · read in the page structured data ## Summary According to the 2026 IT Services Sourcing Study carried out by Eraneos with Whitelane Research, Spanish companies will spend around €65 billion on IT in 2026, of which €35 billion on outsourcing. The study, based on more than 330 executives from Spain's largest companies, shows that the share of companies planning to cut external IT spending rises from 9% in 2025 to 16% in 2026. According to Eduardo Martín of Eraneos Iberia, this trend is explained by a desire to bring services back in-house and by high expectations placed on AI investment. 68% of the companies reducing their IT investment believe that AI lowers the need to outsource certain activities. Only 2% of companies say they do not currently use AI. Summary based on the full text of the article. [Read the article on Computing →](https://www.computing.es/cio/la-inversion-en-servicios-tecnologicos-en-espana-alcanza-su-maximo-historico/) ## Figures cited - 65,000 EUR million Total IT investment by Spanish companies in 2026 Spain, 2026 > « Las empresas españolas destinarán cerca de 65.000 millones de euros a TI en 2026 » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 35,000 EUR million Share of IT investment accounted for by outsourced services Spain, 2026 > « de los cuales alrededor de 35.000 millones corresponderán a servicios externalizados » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 9 % Share of companies planning to cut external IT spending in 2025 Spain, 2025 > « El porcentaje de compañías que afirma que va a reducir su gasto externo en TI pasa del 9% en 2025 al 16% en 2026 » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 16 % Share of companies planning to cut external IT spending in 2026 Spain, 2026 > « El porcentaje de compañías que afirma que va a reducir su gasto externo en TI pasa del 9% en 2025 al 16% en 2026 » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 68 % Share of companies reducing their IT investment that believe AI lowers the need to outsource Spain, companies reducing their IT investment > « Un 68% de las empresas que reducirán su inversión en TI asegura que la inteligencia artificial está reduciendo la necesidad de externalizar determinadas actividades » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 67 % Share of these companies seeking to keep strategic knowledge in-house Spain, companies reducing their IT investment > « un 67% de estas compañías busca mantener dentro de la organización el conocimiento estratégico » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 62 % Share citing access to emerging technologies as a reason for outsourcing Spain > « el acceso a tecnologías emergentes (62%) y al talento especializado (59%) siguen siendo dos de los principales motivos para recurrir a proveedores externos » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 59 % Share citing access to specialist talent as a reason for outsourcing Spain > « el acceso a tecnologías emergentes (62%) y al talento especializado (59%) siguen siendo dos de los principales motivos para recurrir a proveedores externos » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 2 % Share of companies not currently using AI Spain > « solo un 2% de las compañías afirma no utilizarla actualmente » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 17 % Share reporting a significant impact from in-house AI solutions Spain > « un 17% señala que las soluciones internas desarrolladas han generado un impacto significativo » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 3 % Share reporting a complete transformation of their operations thanks to AI Spain > « un 3% afirma que han transformado completamente sus operaciones » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 80 % Share of sourcing relationships rated satisfactory or very satisfactory in Spain Spain > « El 80% de las relaciones de sourcing analizadas en España obtienen la calificación de 'Satisfecho' o 'Muy satisfecho' por parte de los clientes » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research - 86 % Satisfaction rate of the top-ranked suppliers Spain, top suppliers 2026 > « con un 86% de satisfacción » Source: Estudio de Sourcing de Servicios de TI 2026, Eraneos/Whitelane Research ## Classification **Country** Spain **Company size** Large companies **Industries** Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · All industries, or industry not specified **Companies** T-Systems (supplier), Hiberus (supplier), Eraneos (study author), EPAM NEORIS (supplier), Whitelane Research (study author), DXC Technology (supplier), Ayesa Digital (supplier), Accenture (supplier) **Keywords** it outsourcing, sourcing, artificial intelligence, insourcing, supplier satisfaction, spain Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Computing. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.