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Read Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures
Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures

Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures

December 22, 2022 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has issued green debentures worth R$2 billion (US$378m), with a maturity of five years. This is the largest green financing in Brazil and the first of its kind in Brazil's data center industry. According to the company, it will be used to finance Scala's...

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Read Scala signs 1.6GW PPA with Enel Américas
Scala signs 1.6GW PPA with Enel Américas

Scala signs 1.6GW PPA with Enel Américas

November 14, 2022 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has signed a PPA with Italian energy firm Enel Américas for data center power. The firm will reportedly provide the data center company with 1.6GW of power for its facilities across Chile, Peru, and Colombia, in a deal that represents 10% of Enel Américas' total existing...

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Read Ascenty Invests $290m To Develop Five Data Centers in Latin America
Ascenty Invests $290m To Develop Five Data Centers in Latin America

Ascenty Invests $290m To Develop Five Data Centers in Latin America

November 11, 2022 Ascenty

Ascenty has announced its plans to invest R$1.5 billion ($290 million) in Latin America. The funds will be used to develop five data centers in the region. The new facilities will be located in Colombia, Chile, and Brazil. Upon completion, Ascenty’s data center count in the region will hit 33....

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Read Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Scala Data Centers To Invest $48M in Developing a Data Center in Porto Alegre, Brazil

October 11, 2022 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced its plans to develop a new facility in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. The Latin American data center company plans to invest R$250 million (US$48m) to bring the data center to life. Scala plans to use its new FastDeploy modular design for the data center. The...

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Read Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex
Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex

Ascenty launches fifth data center at its Hortolândia complex

October 10, 2022 Ascenty

Ascenty recently inaugurated its fifth data center in São Paulo, Brazil, at its Hortolândia complex. The facility, spanning 21,000 sqm (226,050 sq ft), offers space for 3,300 racks and 31MW of capacity. So far, the company has invested R$350 million (US$67.3m) in the campus and expects this...

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Read Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license
Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license

Scala Data Centers to build the largest data center campus in Chile after obtaining environmental license

October 10, 2022 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has received the environmental license to build the largest data center campus in Chile. The campus, which is scheduled to start operations in the first quarter of 2024, will have a combined 120MW of total capacity, with a projected initial delivery of...

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Read Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza
Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its  AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza

Angola Cables To Invest $40m+ To Expand its AngoNAP Data Center in Fortaleza

October 10, 2022 Angola Cables

Angola Cables has announced that it is expanding its data center located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The CEO of the wholesale connectivity provider, Angelo Gama, told Bnamericas that the company would invest a minimum of US$40m for the first phase of expansion at the facility. In addition, the...

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Read Ascenty expands in Chile
Ascenty expands in Chile

Ascenty expands in Chile

August 16, 2022 Ascenty

Ascenty has announced the opening of its second data center in Santiago, Chile, the Santiago 2. Located in the Quilicura district of the capital, the facility will span 21,000 sqm (226,000 sq ft), with 31MW of IT load and a capacity for up to 3,550 racks. Plans were that the company would...

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Read Ascenty Completes Development of Two Data Centers in Mexico
Ascenty Completes Development of Two Data Centers in Mexico

Ascenty Completes Development of Two Data Centers in Mexico

July 15, 2022 Ascenty

Ascenty has announced the launch of two new facilities in Mexico. It also revealed that it has finished constructing a second data center in Chile. Ascenty first announced its plans for data centers in Mexico in 2020. It has now launched both facilities in Queretaro, Mexico. These will be the...

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Read Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July
Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July

Scala’s SP4 hyperscale datacenter to go live in July

July 04, 2022 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that its SP4 single-tenant hyperscale site, which was initially projected to go live in April, will now launch in July. The site, based in Tamboré in São Paulo's metropolitan region, will be the largest vertical datacenter in Latin America, spanning 13,000m2...

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Read Ascenty Is Developing Its Fourth Data Center São Paulo, Brazil
Ascenty Is Developing Its Fourth Data Center  São Paulo, Brazil

Ascenty Is Developing Its Fourth Data Center São Paulo, Brazil

January 31, 2022 Ascenty

Ascenty has broken ground on its fourth data center in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. The new data center will have 7,000 square meters of space while also offering 9MW of capacity. Ascenty says it will be investing up to R$220 million (US40.9m) in developing the facility. The data center is...

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Read Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil
Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil

Scala Data Centers to develop two hyperscale data centers in Brazil

December 24, 2021 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has broken ground on two new hyperscale facilities in Brazil. Scala DC was formed in 2020 by DigitalBridge for the sole purpose of developing hyperscale data centers in South America. Scala Data Centers will be developing the SP4 and SP5 hyperscale facilities in Barueri, Sao...

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Read Maxihost chooses Scala Data Center Brazil for data center expansion
Maxihost chooses Scala Data Center Brazil for data center expansion

Maxihost chooses Scala Data Center Brazil for data center expansion

November 19, 2021 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced its partnership with Maxihost, with the global bare metal cloud provider choosing Scala to help it expand the capacity of its MH1 São Paulo facility. According to Guilherme Soubihe Alberto, CEO of Maxihost, the company's MH1 facility is reaching capacity, and the...

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Read Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021
Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021

Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021

August 16, 2021 Scala Data Centers

2021 has been an eventful year in the data center industry as we’ve seen some major merger and acquisition activities as these firms look to expand their capacities. We are going to shine the spotlight on the top five merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021. We’ll be able to see which...

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Read Scala Data Centers signs renewable PPA contract with Engie Brasil
Scala Data Centers signs renewable PPA contract with Engie Brasil

Scala Data Centers signs renewable PPA contract with Engie Brasil

July 29, 2021 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has inked a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), a long-term energy purchase agreement with ENGIE Brasil Energia. This agreement, worth approximately 250mn reais (US$48.5 million), will see over 1,600 GWh of clean energy supplied by 2033. Speaking about the...

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Read A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?
A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

July 21, 2021 Scala Data Centers

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power. Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...

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Read Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil
Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil

Scala Data Centers awarded carbon neutral certification in Brazil

June 30, 2021 Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has secured carbon-neutral certification in Brazil. This comes as the company reaches its net-zero carbon emissions targets, with 100% of its energy consumption deriving from renewable and certified sources. This makes Scala the first company of its kind...

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Read Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)
Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)

Digital Realty Completes Acquisition Of Ascenty (Press Release)

May 20, 2021 Ascenty

SAN FRANCISCO, May. 20, 2021 -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today its Brazilian subsidiary, Stellar Participações Ltda., has completed the previously announced acquisition of Ascenty, the leading data...

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Read Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform
Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform

Digital Colony Launches Scala, a Latin American Hyperscale Data Center Platform

April 23, 2020 Scala Data Centers

Partnering with Industry Veteran Marcos Peigo, Digital Colony Acquires Premium Data Center Assets from UOL Diveo BOCA RATON, Fla. & SAO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Colony Management, LLC (“Digital Colony” or the “Firm”), the digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital,...

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Read Digital Realty And Ascenty Are Building New Facility in Chile to Support a Multi-Megawatt Cloud Deployment (Press Release)
Digital Realty And Ascenty Are Building New Facility in Chile to Support a Multi-Megawatt Cloud Deployment (Press Release)

Digital Realty And Ascenty Are Building New Facility in Chile to Support a Multi-Megawatt Cloud Deployment (Press Release)

April 25, 2019 Ascenty

Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and Ascenty, a market leader in data center services in Latin America, announced today a long-term, multi-megawatt agreement with a leading global cloud provider to build a new facility...

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