Accenture Acquires Spanish Cloud AI Firm Keepler Data Tech

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced on April 8, 2026, that it has acquired Keepler Data Tech, a Spanish company specializing in cloud-native AI and data. The acquisition is intended to expand Accenture’s capabilities in helping clients across various industries reinvent their core business processes through AI solutions that are grounded in strong data foundations.

The move is designed to deepen Accenture’s AI and data capabilities within Spain and the broader Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. By integrating Keepler Data Tech, Accenture aims to strengthen its delivery of agentic AI solutions and scale AI implementation for its clients.

Operational Capabilities of Keepler Data Tech

Founded in 2018, Keepler Data Tech provides AI and data capabilities that span the end-to-end value chain. These services include the definition of data strategies and the construction of cloud-native data foundations. The company further specializes in the deployment of advanced analytics, generative AI, and agentic AI designed to embed intelligence directly into core business processes.

Keepler utilizes a value-realization approach that is supported by data readiness and secure, modern data platforms. The firm focuses on several key operational pillars to optimize decision-making and automation, including:

• Industrialized delivery
• Ethics and compliance
• Robust observability

This operational model is intended to help organizations modernize their data architecture and activate AI across the enterprise to achieve tangible business impact. Specifically, Keepler enables the implementation of DataOps and MLOps at scale.

Workforce and Geographic Integration

As part of the acquisition, more than 240 professionals from Keepler Data Tech will join Accenture. The incoming team consists of a variety of specialists, including software engineers, analysts, data scientists, and technical architects.

Keepler maintains a professional presence in three European cities: Madrid, Lisbon, and London. These existing hubs will be used to further strengthen Accenture’s ability to scale AI services for clients located in Spain and other international markets.

Strategic Objectives

The acquisition comes at a time when AI and data are viewed as central to how companies maintain competitiveness and improve resilience. Mercedes Oblanca, the Market Unit Lead for Spain and Portugal at Accenture, noted that technology is evolving at extraordinary speed.

Technology is evolving at extraordinary speed, and AI and data are now central to how companies reinvent their businesses, stay competitive and improve their resilience in the current context. By bringing Keepler into Accenture, we further strengthen our end-to-end AI and data capabilities as well as our agentic AI solutions.

Mercedes Oblanca, Market Unit Lead for Spain and Portugal at Accenture

The integration of Keepler’s technical expertise is expected to accelerate the deployment of AI-driven transformations for Accenture’s client base, focusing on the transition toward cloud-native architectures and the industrialization of AI delivery.