In 2027, the old Alicante Post Office Building will host “42 Alicante”, a programming campus to train new professionals in digital technologies.

The initiative is the result of the alliance between the Telefónica Foundation and the Generalitat Valenciana and to which up to 10.35 million euros will be allocated over the next four years. The president of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez LLorca, and the general director of Fundación Telefónica, Isabel Salazar, signed yesterday in Madrid a collaboration protocol to launch the project and promote employability in the technology sector.

Thanks to the “42 Alicante” project, our province will be the fifth headquarters of Fundación Telefónica in all of Spain, along with Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Urduliz and Málaga.

The program has great aspirations, as it hopes to become one of the “most innovative in the world”, according to Pérez Llorca himself. The campus has been designed to respond to the needs of the Alicante business community, responding to the needs of the labor market by forming specialized digital profiles.

Likewise, the program will contribute to attracting, retaining and enhancing talent, consolidating Alicante and the Valencian Community as a leading academic and professional destination in educational innovation and digital transformation.

To this end, the agreement establishes the commitment to strengthen cooperation between public administration, companies, universities, research centers and civil society.

The project has the support of the Alicante City Council, from where the Impulsalicante Local Development Agency has collaborated to materialize the agreement.

The arrival of 42 Alicante is excellent news for the province’s innovation ecosystem. Expanding training in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity or software development will allow us to respond to the growing demand for specialized talent and consolidate Alicante as one of the main technological hubs in the Mediterranean.