The Industrial Data Space of Galicia: building bridges towards sovereign data sharing

From that context emerged a diverse industrial ecosystem, deeply connected to the produce of the land and the sea, which today faces a challenge common to all of European industry: competing in an increasingly digitalised environment, where data sharing has become essential for productivity and innovation across the entire value chain. Within this framework, ITG, together with DIHGIGAL and under an agreement with IGAPE, is driving the Industrial Data Space of Galicia with a clear aim: to build bridges towards secure, sovereign and efficient data sharing within the Galician business fabric. Through its marketplace, it facilitates the discovery of previously inaccessible resources and opens up new business opportunities, governed by a data sovereignty model that legally guarantees the obligations and restrictions of each exchange, so that every company retains control over its own information. In doing so, the initiative becomes part of a continental movement that seeks to enable small and medium-sized industrial enterprises, too, to join emerging data ecosystems with confidence, lowering the technical and knowledge barriers that often hold back their adoption. The expected impact is manifold: enabling Galician companies to put underused data to work while retaining control over its use, reducing adoption barriers and unlocking new opportunities for innovation through access to information that was previously out of reach. ITG was delighted to sponsor the Data Spaces Symposium 2026 in Madrid, where the many valuable contacts made are already helping to strengthen Galician industry’s capacity to adapt and thrive in an increasingly digital landscape.