Fortaleza Data Center Market

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The Fortaleza data center market is located in the country of Brazil / Brasil within Americas. Fortaleza has 10 facilities.

The top providers in Fortaleza are Tecto Data Centers (3 sites) and ByteDance with 1 facility . The most popular facilities are Ascenty Fortaleza and Scala: SFORPF01 .

Market Facts

Fortaleza Data Center Map

Fortaleza Power Growth Over Time

+206% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
Land Bank
In Doubt
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Data Centers in Fortaleza

Name Company Size Status Type
Ascenty Fortaleza Ascenty Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Scala: SFORPF01 Scala Data Centers Small Construction, Operational Carrier-Neutral
Scala: SFORPF02 Scala Data Centers Small Planned Carrier-Neutral
AngoNAP Fortaleza Angola Cables Operational Carrier
Tecto: Big Lobster Tecto Data Centers Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Tecto: Mega Lobster Tecto Data Centers Medium Operational Carrier-Neutral
Tecto: Fortaleza CLS Tecto Data Centers Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Infrakey: Pecém Campus Infrakey DC Parks Extra Large Land Bank, Planned, Prospective Expansion Carrier-Neutral
ByteDance: Pecém, Ceará ByteDance Large Construction, Land Bank, Planned, Prospective Expansion Content
Omnia: Pecém, Ceará OMNIA Data Centers Large Construction, Land Bank, Planned, Prospective Expansion Carrier-Neutral

Largest Providers in Fortaleza

Tecto Data Centers
Site
Power
Operational
3
31.5
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
3
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ByteDance
Site
Power
Operational
0
0.0
Construction
1
Planned
1
Prospective Expansion
1
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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OMNIA Data Centers
Site
Power
Operational
0
0.0
Construction
1
Planned
1
Prospective Expansion
1
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Ascenty
Site
Power
Operational
1
11.6
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
1
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Largest Data Centers in Fortaleza

Location About Total SqFt Power (MW)
Tecto: Mega Lobster
Mega Lobster data center is located in Fortaleza, Brazil. Developed by Tecto, the facility was fi...
NN Request Dataset
Ascenty Fortaleza
The Fortaleza 1 data center is located next to one of the Northeast region's largest industrial d...
NN Request Dataset
Tecto: Big Lobster
Tecto operates a 5,400 m² facility in Fortaleza.
NN Request Dataset
Tecto: Fortaleza CLS
Fortaleza Cable Landing Station functions as the direct landing point for the submarine cables, h...
NN Request Dataset
Scala: SFORPF01
PF01 is a modular hyperscaler-focused site made by indivudualized MW modules.
NN Request Dataset

Sites Under Construction in Fortaleza

Location Building SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
ByteDance: Pecém, Ceará SqFt 36 Megawatts Q1 2027
Scala: SFORPF01 SqFt 6 Megawatts Q1 2026

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