Looking for long stay accommodation for a data centre project team in Zaragoza? Tell us your crew size dates and site requirements. We source suitable housing for civil MEP electrical mechanical and commissioning teams.
Zaragoza itself, not just the wider Aragón region, is now a live multi-operator data-centre construction site. Amazon Web Services is building its largest single Aragón campus, known as CAR, on former scrubland next to the Empresarium industrial estate inside the Zaragoza municipal boundary, seven data halls plus two archive buildings on a 167,000 sqm plot, part of the EUR 15.7 billion AWS Aragón expansion announced in May 2024, with the Zaragoza (La Cartuja) plot detailed in the Inaga environmental authorisation. AWS also operates and is expanding existing campuses at El Burgo de Ebro (16 km) and Villanueva de Gállego (14 km), both already partly live. Separately, Microsoft parked an earlier PTR site in Zaragoza after spending EUR 51 million and pivoted to a new EUR 2.9 billion, 59-hectare campus next to Puerto Venecia inside the city, expected to create 1,000-2,000 direct construction jobs over a three-year build. Merlin Properties has also announced a EUR 1.225 billion, 144 MW campus at Botorrita in Zaragoza province, projecting around 5,000 construction jobs with completion targeted for 2029. Named contractors are not publicly disclosed on any of these sites.
Zaragoza city has 686,986 registered residents (INE, 1 January 2024), the fifth-largest city in Spain, so unlike remote industrial sites this is not a thin-supply market by default; the constraint is timing and concentration, not headcount. The AWS sites sit 13-16 km from the centre (El Burgo de Ebro 16 km/about 20 minutes, Villanueva de Gállego 14 km/about 11 minutes, the Empresarium/La Cartuja campus about 13 km), and the Microsoft Puerto Venecia site sits inside the ring road, so most crews can commute daily from the city rather than needing on-site camps. Hotel stock is not thin in the centre but corporate demand is already stacking up: local press has documented real estate agencies such as Urvex managing 8-10 property placements a week for workers on the nearby CATL battery gigafactory project, concentrated in Delicias, La Almozara and La Romareda, at market rents around EUR 350 per room per month. On the corporate-housing side, Apartamentos Loira markets purpose-built multi-room corporate flats in Zaragoza (6-bedroom units from EUR 195/day, laundry and cleaning included), and Vita Co-Living manages over 1,000 rooms citywide with a dedicated corporate/desplazados product.
We source accommodation around the needs of each project phase from civil works through electrical mechanical fit-out testing and commissioning.
AWS is running at least three Zaragoza-area sites simultaneously (Empresarium/La Cartuja, El Burgo de Ebro, Villanueva de Gállego), each at a different permit and build stage, while Microsoft and Merlin are starting separate campuses on different timelines. Crew numbers on any one site swing hard between civils, MEP fit-out and commissioning, so bookings need to flex month to month rather than assume a flat headcount.
Zaragoza city (687,000 residents) sits 13-16 km from the AWS sites and borders the Microsoft Puerto Venecia campus directly, so daily commuting from the centre is realistic rather than forcing on-site camps. We prioritise Delicias, La Almozara and areas near the Z-40 ring road for easy access to both the AWS cluster and Puerto Venecia.
Crews on rotation want a working kitchen and weekly laundry rather than daily housekeeping, secure parking for vans and pickups, and reliable WiFi for reporting back to head office. We keep one point of contact per booking so invoices, extensions and swap-outs do not get lost between multiple landlords or hotel front desks.
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| Accommodation type | Team of 5: est. cost/week | Team of 8: est. cost/week |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate housing / serviced apartments (multi-week booking) | €1,050–€1,300 | €1,700–€2,100 |
| Hotel rooms (standard rate, no long-stay discount) | €2,300–€4,200 | €3,650–€6,700 |
