--- title: "Spain, strong in AI but with limited commercial use — Marsanne Studio AI watch" description: "Despite advanced infrastructure, 60% of Spanish businesses using AI are still at the testing stage, according to the Bank of Spain." url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/spain-strong-in-ai-but-with-limited-commercial-ea1a64/" 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 · 10 October 2026 # Spain, strong in AI but with limited commercial use Original title, in French: “Espagne, puissante en IA mais avec une utilisation commerciale limitée” **Publication** Demócrata (Spain) **Author** Unsigned **Published on** 10 October 2026 · read in the page metadata ## Summary At the "Global Trends 2026" conference organised by AmChamSpain, executives from Google, HP, Oracle and Anthropic for Spain and Portugal pointed out that, despite advanced network and energy infrastructure, the actual integration of AI in Spanish businesses remains limited. According to the Bank of Spain, 60% of businesses already using AI are still at the testing stage, and only 6% make meaningful use of it. Eurostat reports that 20.3% of Spanish businesses with 10 or more employees used AI in 2025, almost double the previous year. In the EU, adoption ranges from 55% for large companies to 17% for SMEs with 10 to 49 employees. The speakers discussed ways to speed up adoption by SMEs and to reduce regulatory obstacles. Summary based on the full text of the article. [Read the article on Demócrata →](https://www.democrata.es/fr/economie/six-entreprises-espagnoles-sur-dix-avec-de-l-ia-continuent-seulement-a-tester-la-technologie/) ## Figures cited - 60 % share of Spanish businesses using AI that are still at the testing and experimentation stage Spanish businesses with 10 or more employees already using AI > « 60 % des entreprises espagnoles de dix employés ou plus qui utilisent déjà l'intelligence artificielle (IA) est encore en phase de test et d'expérimentation » - 6 % share of Spanish businesses making meaningful use of AI Spanish businesses with 10 or more employees already using AI > « seulement 6 % affirment faire un usage pertinent de ces outils » - 95 % very high capacity network coverage in Spain, households Spain > « une couverture de réseaux de très haute capacité atteignant 95 % des foyers et 86,3 % des zones rurales » - 86.3 % very high capacity network coverage in rural areas of Spain Rural areas, Spain > « une couverture de réseaux de très haute capacité atteignant 95 % des foyers et 86,3 % des zones rurales — contre 58,8 % de moyenne rurale dans l'Union européenne » - 58.8 % average rural network coverage in the European Union European Union, rural areas > « contre 58,8 % de moyenne rurale dans l'Union européenne » - 55.5 % renewable electricity generation in Spain Spain > « avec 55,5 % de production électrique renouvelable et 301 nœuds de calcul en périphérie » - 301 nodes number of edge computing nodes in Spain Spain > « avec 55,5 % de production électrique renouvelable et 301 nœuds de calcul en périphérie » - 20.3 % share of Spanish businesses with ten or more workers using AI in 2025 Spanish businesses with 10 or more workers, 2025 > « 20,3 % des entreprises espagnoles de dix travailleurs ou plus utilisaient l'IA en 2025 — presque le double de l'année précédente, selon Eurostat » Source: Eurostat - 55 % AI adoption in large companies in the EU Large companies, European Union > « l'adoption de l'IA descend de 55 % dans les grandes entreprises à 17 % dans les PME de 10 à 49 employés » - 17 % AI adoption in SMEs with 10 to 49 employees in the EU SMEs with 10 to 49 employees, European Union > « l'adoption de l'IA descend de 55 % dans les grandes entreprises à 17 % dans les PME de 10 à 49 employés » ## Classification **Country** Spain **Company size** SMEs, Large companies, All sizes **Industries** All industries, or industry not specified · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms **Companies** Oracle (cited), AmChamSpain (study author), Anthropic (cited), DigitalES (cited), HP (cited), Google (cited) **Keywords** AI adoption, smes, digital infrastructure, spain, testing and experimentation, regulation 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 Demócrata. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.