US EditionDLA Piper Advises Grupo Cox in US$4.2 Billion Iberdrola Mexico Acquisition
MEXICO, JUL 31 – Iberdrola exits Mexico to fund a €55 billion investment plan while Cox plans to invest $10.7 billion in Mexico between 2025 and 2030, boosting its renewable energy presence.
- Grupo Cox, a Spanish water and renewable energy company, agreed on August 1, 2025, to acquire Iberdrola's Mexican assets for US$4.2 billion, including 15 power plants with 2.6 GW capacity.
- This acquisition followed Iberdrola's strategy to divest its Mexico operations amid evolving regulatory and market conditions, with closing expected by early 2026.
- The portfolio comprises 15 power plants, including six wind farms, three solar facilities, and six natural gas and cogeneration units, along with an 11.8 GW pipeline of renewable projects. Cox intends to invest more than $10.7 billion between 2025 and 2030 in Mexico’s energy and water industries.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum called the deal a sign of confidence and legality in Mexico, stating Cox is committed to advancing multiple projects in the country’s strategic and stable market.
- The acquisition reinforces Cox’s presence in Latin America, leveraging Mexico’s strong macroeconomic fundamentals, legal certainty, and growing energy demand while driving long-term expansion and operational synergies.
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Mexico City.- The Spanish company of water and renewable energy Cox agreed to purchase the assets of Iberdrola in Mexico for $4.2 billion, which includes the company’s debt, according to both companies. With that transaction, Iberdrola definitively leaves the Mexican market after a first sale of 23 power plants in 2024, whose value was $6 billion. Iberdrola has 15 power plants with capacity of 2 600 Megawatts (MW), of which 1,368 MW correspond t…
Madrid. The Spanish company Cox, specialized in the energy sector, announced the purchase of the businesses in Mexico of the Spanish multinational Iberdrola, in an operation valued at 4 billion dollars and with which the definitive exit of the Iberian electricity of the country is confirmed.
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