This centre, which will cover 79 hectares next to the Ebro River Campus, will be, in the words of President Azcón, ‘the most important and interesting project to be developed in our country’ in the field of technology.ico.
The President of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, announced this Monday in the Crown Hall of the Pignatelli building the investment of 100 million euros for the development of the Zaragoza Technology Park, which will bear the name ‘DAT Alierta’. In Azcón’s words, ‘we are going to attract companies and create quality employment. Without a doubt, it will bring immense added value to the city’s economy’.
This new centre will be built next to the Río Ebro Campus in the Aragonese capital and will have 79 hectares to attract new projects and companies. It will also include existing facilities, such as those of the University, the ITA and the CEEI, as well as new buildings. ‘It will bring together and promote synergies between technology companies, the University and the administration’, specified the leader of the Executive.
The new facilities will serve to promote and attract companies, which will create quality employment to retain and attract talent and provide immense added value to our economy. ‘This is going to be the most interesting project to be developed in our country’, said the President of the Government of Aragon.
During his speech, Azcón also announced that this new technology park will bear the name of César Alierta: ‘This name anticipates the characteristics of this new enclave, a space that, like César, will stand out for being innovative, with a capacity for understanding and technological transformation’.
For her part, the vice-president of the Government, Mar Vaquero, highlighted the importance of the project because ‘it is linked to the values of the Aragonese people. It is what makes us different and what has made us attract companies from all over the world and Aragonese companies continue to bet on our territory. Values such as the institutional collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, which has led to a 40-hectare plot of land being placed at the service of knowledge, talent, innovation and the avant-garde’.
Aragon Technology District
The new park complements the work of Walqa, in Huesca, and Technopark, in Alcañiz, with which it will form the Aragonese Technology District (DAT), a key element for the Aragonese hub to become a benchmark in Europe. ‘We are convinced that this technology centre is going to be a benchmark throughout Europe’, said Azcón.
The Government of Aragon is committed to ensuring that large business investments, innovation and the creation of specialised employment should spread to the three provinces, that Teruel, Huesca and Zaragoza contribute to the same ecosystem and benefit from it in the same way.
Project phases:
As President Azcón has enumerated, several phases are envisaged for the construction of the DAT Alierta.
– The drafting of the Master Plan will be completed in February this year and the first projects will be put out to tender in March. By the end of 2025 the DIGA will be approved and the drafting of the PIGA will start.
– In September 2026, the first works on some buildings are expected to start, while the approval of the PIGA will come in December 2026.
– In May 2027, the urbanisation and construction of the headquarters, included in the PIGA, will start.
– The first buildings will be completed in the second half of 2028.
– The works contained in the PIGA will be completed in the first six months of 2029. The remaining works will be executed in the course of the year.