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Workers at laptops in a large open-plan technology workspace

Portugal Earmarks €200 Million Over Seven Years to Anchor the Iberian Bid for a European AI Gigafactory at Sines

The Council of Ministers approved a €200 million public investment to reinforce Portugal's joint bid with Spain for one of the European Union's AI gigafactories, a EuroHPC project led on the Portuguese side by the Banco Português de Fomento and centred on a computing pole at Sines.

Sines Gets Its Own Alfândega (Customs Office) on 1 January 2027 as Finance Ministry Pulls It Out of the Setúbal Delegação — 33-Strong Standalone Office Lands at the ZAL With Vehicle-Tax and Tributary Gabinetes

Sines Gets Its Own Alfândega (Customs Office) on 1 January 2027 as Finance Ministry Pulls It Out of the Setúbal Delegação — 33-Strong Standalone Office Lands at the ZAL With Vehicle-Tax and Tributary Gabinetes

Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento's 9 June visit to Porto de Sines unveiled a standalone Alfândega for the country's biggest maritime gateway — 33 staff, two dedicated gabinetes and a 1 January 2027 start lift Sines out of its delegação status under Setúbal.

Aerial view of stacked shipping containers and gantry cranes at an industrial container port — illustrative of the Sines port and ZILS expansion.

Sines Industrial Cluster Closes In on 10% of Portugal's GDP With €20 Billion of Announced Investment

Sines' industrial and digital corridor is approaching 10% of Portugal's GDP, with more than €20 billion in announced projects — CALB batteries, Start Campus data centres, Galp's H2Park, Madoqua green ammonia, Repsol Alba, and a slice of the EU AI gigafactory — but mayor Álvaro Beijinha warns rents n