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- MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. (MRL.LS) operates as Spain's largest real estate investment trust, specializing in the acquisition, active management, operation, and selective rotation of core and core-plus commercial real estate assets across the Iberian Peninsula, primarily in Spain and to a lesser extent in Portugal; the company owns and manages over 4 million square meters of leasable space, encompassing 105 office buildings, 95 logistics warehouses, 12 shopping centers, and 3 operational data centers, with additional high-street retail assets and property management services for third parties. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, MERLIN Properties focuses on high-quality segments including offices in key urban markets like Madrid and Barcelona, logistics platforms optimized for e-commerce last-mile delivery, dominant shopping centers, and an expanding data center portfolio tailored for AI and hyperscale computing with features such as waterless cooling, PUE of 1.15, and 100% renewable energy. In recent developments, the company raised €921 million in equity in 2024 to fund its data center expansion through the Merlin Edged joint venture with Edged Energy, securing construction licenses and power for projects like a 130MW Bilbao campus, 100MW AI campus in Lisbon, and additional capacity in Barcelona and Extremadura via a public-private partnership with the Extremadura regional government; it listed on Euronext Lisbon in January 2025 as its first dual listing, reported solid nine-month 2025 financials with FFO up 6.4% to €245 million and like-for-like rental growth, and continues divesting non-core assets at premiums while committing €2.4 billion through 2029 for 274MW total data center capacity.