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Sines, Portugal

Reviewed 27 Sept 20266 sources
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Project brief

Operating first Sines building. APA records a conditional 2021 screening outcome for the original 15 MW IT NEST design; the later campus EIA does not automatically settle SIN01's enlarged scope. Current 33 MW…

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Obtain as-built SIN01 load and connection limits and reconcile the 15/26/33 figures by date and electrical basis.

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Overview

Operating first Sines building. APA records a conditional 2021 screening outcome for the original 15 MW IT NEST design; the later campus EIA does not automatically settle SIN01's enlarged scope. Current 33 MW IT, inauguration 26 MW and campus 1.2 GW remain distinct.

Developer / applicant
Start Campus
Owner
Start Campus S.A. — identified as project owner by ARX
Operator
Start Campus

Planning and delivery status

Official inauguration followed operations beginning in Q4 2024. Jacobs' current case study reports 33 MW IT; the April 2025 opening release described 26 MW, so the figures are retained with their separate scopes.

Stage source: 4 Apr 2025

Project intelligence. This record does not establish that the land or facility is available to acquire.

POWER STUDY

Power

What the power evidence establishes

The site-specific connection scope has not been established for this record.

Power classDNo qualifying rung

No same-scope, dated import-MVA rung has document-seen or better verification. Nearby infrastructure, IT MW and marketing claims cannot upgrade the class.

The class describes published documentary evidence at its stated date. It does not prove current contractual rights, transferability or an energisation date.

Class describes evidence maturity. Public records do not prove current contractual rights, transferable capacity or an energisation date. This record has not received a complete power study review.

Read the rules and verification levels
01

Capacity ladder and evidence

Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.

01

Applied

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
02

Offered

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
03

Accepted / contracted

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
04

Energised

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Event date
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?
Capacity boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?
Verification
Unknown
Connection point and load boundaries
Network operator
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Connection point
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Voltage
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Straight-line distance
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Published route length
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

IT load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published IT load in MW?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

Facility load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published facility load in MW?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

Import capacity

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published import capacity in MVA?
Basis
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?
Site / phase boundary
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

These are different electrical quantities. No power factor, PUE or available import is assumed from an IT-load statement.

Connection agreement and conditions
Agreement type
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Phased capacity
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Flexibility obligations
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
On-site generation obligations
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What on-site generation obligations apply?
Securities posted
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Longstop dates
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?
02

Conflicts and scope comparisons

No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.

03

Portugal grid context

Network publications frame the claim. They do not allocate capacity to this site.

No country context entries have been linked to this site. Applicable policy, capacity information and reinforcement dependencies need review.

04

Derived energisation window

Earliest plausible yearUnknown
Latest plausible yearUnknown

The observed inputs do not establish a bounded delivery range. Open bounds stay unknown.

Rule

Use only a same-scope, dated, document-verified capacity rung and an applicable duration to energisation published by the observed site operator. The named process operator and a named source publisher must match that operator. Earliest year is the maximum of stage date plus minimum duration and each evidenced readiness constraint. Latest year is the maximum of stage date plus maximum duration and each published upper constraint only when every required input is bounded. An offer-processing duration is excluded. A missing required input leaves the affected bound unknown; no padding or contractual delivery promise is inferred.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Dependencies driving the range

  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates: unknown.
  • Grid-works planning status and programme: unknown.
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme: unknown.

What the earliest case requires

  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
  • Grid-works planning status and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.

Missing inputs leave the range open

  • A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
  • An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
  • Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
  • Grid-works planning status and programme
  • Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme
05

Indicative HV and connection capex

Unknown

Rule and scope

Sum each published complete scope quantity multiplied by the matching published benchmark minimum and maximum. Configuration, voltage, route type, unit, country applicability, currency and explicit price base year must match. No assumed route length, transformer count, exchange rate, inflation, fee uplift or partial index is inserted. The result is an indicative benchmark band, not an operator quotation or contractual connection charge.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Published connection works scope
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?
Scope completeness
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

Scope questions

  • Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
  • Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
  • Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.
06

Alternatives and policy exposure

Behind-the-meter generation

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

Battery storage

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

Private wire

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

Gas

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Planning / policy requirement
Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

Connection claim against current policy

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?
07

Open questions for a Reality Check

Generated from unknown fields, missing derivation inputs and unresolved evidence. The questions identify the documents or specialist checks needed next.

60 questions to resolve
  1. Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  2. What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  3. What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  4. What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  5. What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  6. What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  7. What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  8. Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  9. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.applied?

    Verification has not been established.

  10. What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  11. What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  12. Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  13. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.offered?

    Verification has not been established.

  14. What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  15. What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  16. Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  17. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.accepted?

    Verification has not been established.

  18. What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  19. What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  20. Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  21. What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.energised?

    Verification has not been established.

  22. What connection agreement type and current status are documented?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  23. Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  24. What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  25. What on-site generation obligations apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  26. What securities are required, posted and still valid?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  27. What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  28. What is the published IT load in MW?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  29. On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  30. Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  31. What is the published facility load in MW?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  32. On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  33. Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  34. What is the published import capacity in MVA?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  35. On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  36. Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  37. What operator-published connection-to-energisation duration applies to this site and connection stage?

    An application-to-offer processing target is not an energisation duration.

  38. Which reinforcements does the connection depend on, and what dates are published?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  39. Which grid works require planning, and what is their current consent status and dated programme?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  40. Which connection-policy conditions apply, and when could they be satisfied?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  41. What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  42. Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  43. What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  44. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  45. What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  46. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  47. What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  48. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  49. What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  50. Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  51. Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?

    Not established from the public records reviewed.

  52. Which checked country-grid sources and location-specific constraints apply to this connection?

    No country-context relationship has been established for this record.

  53. Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.

    Connection-cost scope question.

  54. Resolve the energisation input: A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  55. Resolve the energisation input: An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  56. Resolve the energisation input: Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  57. Resolve the energisation input: Grid-works planning status and programme

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  58. Resolve the energisation input: Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme

    This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.

  59. Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.

    This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

  60. Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.

    This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

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Earlier capacity notes and source context
33 MW ITProject capacity

Operational SIN01 figure in Jacobs' undated current case study. The inauguration release reported 26 MW; expansion/scope reconciliation remains required.

Published claimProject source record
26 MW unspecifiedInauguration figure

April 2025 inauguration release facility figure; electrical basis and reconciliation with Jacobs' current 33 MW IT are unresolved.

Published claimCapacity source
15 MW ITOriginal NEST screening design

Historical SIN01/NEST design recorded in APA's July 2023 opinion; not current operating capacity or an additive phase.

Published claimCapacity source
Import rights and connection evidence

Jacobs currently reports 33 MW IT for operational SIN01; inauguration material reported 26 MW on an unspecified basis. APA records the original 15 MW IT screening design. A 1.2 GW campus claim does not allocate a secured SIN01 grid-import entitlement.

IT load, facility demand, import capacity and equipment ratings retain their stated scope. A published figure does not establish spare or transferable supply.

Planning & utilities

10 of 10 categories contain evidence. Each status applies to its specific claim.

Planning & decisions

Partial evidence

APA's July 2023 campus opinion records a 17 December 2021 screening decision for the original approximately 9 ha, 15 MW IT NEST/SIN01 proposal: a full EIA was not required subject to conditions. The later EIA primarily concerns SIN02–SIN06 and is not blanket approval for an enlarged SIN01.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Retrieve the SIN01 screening decision, conditions, building licence and any amendment covering the current design.

Land-use zoning

Partial evidence

ARX places the project in the ZILS industrial and logistics zone. That location supports an industrial context, but does not establish all current parcel-specific permitted uses, setbacks or conditions.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Match SIN01 to current ZILS parcel regulations, approved site plan and municipal conditions.

Grid & import rights

Partial evidence

Jacobs currently reports 33 MW IT for operational SIN01; inauguration material reported 26 MW on an unspecified basis. APA records the original 15 MW IT screening design. A 1.2 GW campus claim does not allocate a secured SIN01 grid-import entitlement.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Obtain as-built SIN01 load and connection limits and reconcile the 15/26/33 figures by date and electrical basis.

Fibre & dark fibre

Partial evidence

EXA and Start Campus announced two diverse redundant terrestrial routes from the Sines campus to Madrid in July 2023. This is a prospective campus connectivity commitment, not an as-built SIN01 entry or ready-for-service certificate.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Confirm route commissioning, actual SIN01 entries, independent duct paths and service capacity.

Ownership & development control

Partial evidence

ARX expressly identifies Start Campus S.A. as project owner. The opening release identifies investment backing, but neither establishes cadastral title, lease duration or encumbrances.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Verify registered land interest and conditions attaching to the SIN01 parcel.

Land, footprint & access

Partial evidence

ARX records a 25,000 m² project in ZILS. APA's historical approximately 9 ha NEST site is a different area basis and must not be substituted for current building or parcel area.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Reconcile project floor area, original screening site and current cadastral boundary; verify access rights.

Flood, ground & environment

Partial evidence

The APA opinion records a conditional screening outcome for the original NEST design and environmental assessment for the wider campus. Jacobs describes reuse of former power-station intake/outfall with monitored seawater discharge; this is not a discharge licence.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Check SIN01-specific conditions and amendments, abstraction/discharge permits and current monitoring compliance.

Water, cooling & heat

Documented

Jacobs describes a closed fresh-water process loop transferring heat through exchangers to an open seawater circuit, reusing former power-station intake/outfall. Seawater does not enter the data hall. Design WUE zero does not mean zero marine abstraction.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Verify permitted flow and thermal discharge, exchanger redundancy and as-built performance at SIN01.

Demand & location fit

Partial evidence

Jacobs describes SIN01 as operational and a proof-of-concept step for clients ahead of larger campus halls. This does not quantify contracted occupancy or available capacity.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Seek building-specific leased, fitted-out and available capacity with a dated disclosure.

Programme & delivery

Documented

Start Campus states operations began in Q4 2024 and inauguration occurred 4 April 2025. ARX separately records 2021–2024 design and 2022–2024 construction, with named contractors and designers. Inauguration is not the first operating date.

Sources & next check
Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Track dated acceptance and subsequent capacity commissioning without extending original appointments to later campus buildings.

Project team

Appointments are limited to the project, phase and scope supported by each source.

Architect

Engineering consultant

Project manager

Specialists & vendors

Conduril / ACA / DST / BysteelOther projects

Contractors credited by ARX for the 2022–2024 project. Individual package boundaries and overall GC allocation are not stated.

Appointment source

Unlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.

Sources

Publication dates are shown where known. Review dates do not establish approval or commissioning.

  1. Start Campus — SIN01 inauguratedstartcampus.pt · 4 Apr 2025
  2. ARX — Sines project owner and delivery teamarx.pt · Publication date unstated
  3. Jacobs — Sines campus and SIN01 operational capacityjacobs.com · Publication date unstated
  4. Engexpor — SIN01 construction managementengexpor.com · Publication date unstated
  5. APA — AIA3633 assessment opinion, July 2023; SIN01/NEST historysiaia.apambiente.pt · Publication date unstated
  6. EXA — proposed diverse Sines–Madrid terrestrial routesexainfra.net · 10 Jul 2023

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