Spain’s prime minister’s office has begun directing state-controlled companies to avoid future contracts with Palantir Technologies, according to a report by Clash Report. The outlet attributed the action to government concern that use of the US data-analysis company’s systems could expose classified information or weaken national control over sensitive data.
The reported instruction applies to businesses overseen by the State Society of Industrial Participations, known as SEPI. The named companies include telecommunications group Telefónica, technology and defense supplier Indra, and military shipbuilder Navantia. These groups handle work connected to state communications or defense, making procurement decisions relevant to national-security policy as well as ordinary commercial contracting.
Clash Report said the intervention had already affected a project nearing completion with Navantia and a proposed collaboration with the Guardia Civil. It reported that Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska blocked the latter arrangement. No government directive, company filing or response from Palantir was included in the supplied evidence, so those details remain attributed to the outlet rather than independently established.
The restriction was not described as a complete end to Palantir’s Spanish government business. The company holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center, or CIFAS, that is due to expire in November. According to the report, senior Army and Navy officers have supported renewal on operational grounds, while the government has not made a final decision. The existing defense relationship therefore sits outside the immediate account of halted future contracting and remains unresolved.
The outlet placed Spain’s move within a broader European debate over reliance on foreign technology in security-sensitive systems. It cited France’s reported decision to stop working with Palantir and growing German interest in European alternatives. Those comparisons provide context, but the packet supplies no primary documentation for the foreign policies and does not establish a coordinated European prohibition.
Spain is also backing domestic computing capacity. The report linked the procurement stance to a recently approved €115 million investment in Catalan chip company Openchip, part of a planned €5 billion state-backed project financed substantially through SEPI Digital. That investment indicates an industrial-policy effort, although it does not by itself show that local platforms can replace every Palantir function.
The immediate development is consequently narrower than the headline claim of a nationwide public-and-private blacklist. The supplied report supports a directive aimed at state-controlled entities, with sensitive projects reportedly interrupted and one major defense contract still active. Confirmation from the Spanish government, affected companies or Palantir would be needed to determine the directive’s exact legal form, reach and implementation timetable.
