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title: "Spain accelerates public investment in artificial intelligence but hits the scaling wall — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "Spain's public sector will devote 7.40% of its IT budget to AI in 2027, according to Capgemini."
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Data study · 8 October 2026

# Spain accelerates public investment in artificial intelligence but hits the scaling wall

Original title, in Spanish: “España acelera la inversión pública en inteligencia artificial pero choca con el muro del escalado”

**Publication**

Computing (Spain)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

8 October 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 8 October 2026

## Summary

According to a Capgemini report, Spain's public sector plans to devote 7.40% of its IT budget to artificial intelligence in 2027. The article's title refers to an acceleration of public investment in AI in Spain, which is said to be running up against a scaling obstacle.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Computing →](https://www.computing.es/administracion/la-inteligencia-artificial-se-cuela-en-la-administracion-publica-espanola/)

## Figures cited

-   7.4 %
    
    Share of Spain's public sector IT budget allocated to artificial intelligence in 2027
    
    Spanish public sector, 2027 projection
    
    > « Según un informe de Capgemini, el sector público español destinará el 7,40 % de su presupuesto de TI a la inteligencia artificial en 2027 »
    
    Source: Capgemini
    

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Government and local authorities

**Companies**

Capgemini (study author)

**Keywords**

public sector, public administration, IT budget, Spain, investment

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.