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Server racks with green LEDs and cabling — illustrative of the Start Campus hyperscale build in Sines, Portugal

Sines Start Campus Carries the 1.2 GW Hyperscale Build Across the BdP Investment-Forecast Upgrade — SIN01 Operating, SIN02 Lift From Nscale's €465M Second-Building Commitment and the Six-Phase 2030 Roadmap Recast the Macro Read

Banco de Portugal's June bulletin credits a single private campus — Start Campus at Sines — with the bulk of the 2026 investment-forecast lift from 3.8% to 4.5%. Inside the 1.2 GW build, the Nscale €465M SIN02 anchor and what the macro read now hinges on.
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MadoquaPower2X Anchors Sines's €2.8 Billion Green-Hydrogen Bet Toward a 2029 Production Start — Hytlantic FID and Neogreen €1 Billion Site Wait on the Mercado de Hidrogénio Regulatory Framework

MadoquaPower2X Anchors Sines's €2.8 Billion Green-Hydrogen Bet Toward a 2029 Production Start — Hytlantic FID and Neogreen €1 Billion Site Wait on the Mercado de Hidrogénio Regulatory Framework

MadoquaPower2X's €2.8B Sines green-hydrogen and green-ammonia complex anchors a Portuguese cluster now above €3B with Neogreen and Hytlantic in the pipeline. Construction starts 2027, production 2029 — with Hytlantic FID conditioned on the mercado de hidrogénio regulatory framework.
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