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Zeittec modular data center for Public Ministry of Mato Grosso in Brazil launches

In Campo Grande, western Brazil, a Zeittec-built modular data center has been launched. Spanning 72 sqm (775 sq ft) of usable space, with an area of 340 sqm (3,659 sq ft), the facility, for the Public Ministry of Mato Grosso, will provide the infrastructure for the daily work of around 2,500 u...

March 27, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

The Mexican Data Center Association Forecasts Investment of $8 Billion

Mexico's data center industry is poised to receive a significant boost, with the Mexican Association of Data Centers (MEXDC) announcing an $8 billion investment from major companies such as IBM, Oracle, and Equinix. The investment is expected to create over 20,000 jobs in the next few years...

March 27, 2023

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Eveo launches new data center in Paraná, Brazil

Eveo has announced that its new data center in the state of Paraná has gone live. Named PR1, this new facility is located in Curitiba, Brazil. Specifics regarding the capacity and size of the facility are yet to be shared. That being said, the company said that it had been built to Tier III st...

March 20, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Bolivia outlines plans to build US$20mn data center

As part of Bolivia's digital transformation strategy, the government has announced plans for a 140mn-boliviano (US$19.7mn) data center in El Alto city. The project will see an initial investment of 772,000 bolivianos.The development was announced by President Luis Arce this week, who called th...

March 10, 2023

South America

Sonda Purchases The Remaining CEMIG Stake In The Ativas Data Center

Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais S.A. (CEMIG), a Brazilian energy company, has sold its share of the local data center corporation Ativas to Sonda, a Chilean IT company, which now owns the majority of the company. In a recent announcement, CEMIG stated that a share purchase contract had...

February 27, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

V.tal Launches New 4MW Facility In Fortaleza, Brazil

GlobeNet subsidiary V.tal, a Brazilian fiber company, has opened a brand-new Edge data center in Fortaleza. The facility, dubbed the 'Big Lobster,' will launch with a 4MW capacity over four data halls that can house a total of 400 racks. The innovative data center is connected to the company's...

February 07, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Soluti expands in Goiânia, Brazil

Soluti is launching a new data center, it has announced, to be located in Goiânia, Brazil. This announcement comes after the company completed the installation of the first Tier III quality data center in the Midwest Region of Brazil. Soluti Thus far, further specifications ...

January 31, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Zeittec announces data center for Santos Port Authority

Zeittec is building a new facility for the Santos Port Authority (SPA), in São Paulo, following the signing of a construction contract. Work is due to commence in January, with projections that works will be completed in mid-2023.The facility is part of a wider digitalization project of Porto ...

January 10, 2023

São Paulo

V.tal plans new facility in Port Alegre, Brazil

V.tal has announced that it's planning a new facility in Porto Alegre after acquiring a building in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. While no details related to financial terms, location, building size, or timelines were shared, the company, a Brazilian fiber firm part of telco GlobeNet, in a s...

December 16, 2022

Brazil / Brasil

Brazil’s Zeittec To Develop Data Center for Federal University of Espírito Santo

Zeittec plans to develop a new data center for the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Vitoria, Espirito Santo. The Brazilian firm plans to develop the facility in seven months. The first phase will see Zeittec renovate UFES to allow it to receive servers and all needed data cent...

November 28, 2022

Brazil / Brasil

YPF Luz powers cryptomining operation using waste "flare" gas from a shale oil field

Argentina's state-owned utility YPF Luz has entered the crypto mining space, striking up a partnership with a currently unnamed international mining company. Through the partnership, the renewable energy arm of YPF, has been piloting a 1 megawatt (MW) operation in n the Loma Campana area, prov...

October 17, 2022

Argentina

Layer 9 Data Centers commences work on 96MW campus in Guanajuato, Mexico

Layer 9 Data Centers recently announced that it has broken ground on its 96MW data center campus in Guanajuato, Mexico. Those within the industry have outlined that it is likely this project is part of Project Falcon, a 64MW data center campus currently in progress in the Baijo Region announce...

October 14, 2022

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

HostDime Opens New Data Center in Bogota, Colombia

HostDime has announced the launch of its new data center in Bogota, Colombia. The CEO of HostDime, Manny Vivar, announced and posted a comment on LinkedIn about the development. He said: "As the sun settles tonight, we reflect with gratitude all the hard work our HostDime Colombia 🇨🇴 familia h...

October 12, 2022

HostDime Colombia

Um Telecom announces plans for new data center in Recife, Brazil

Brazilian telco Um Telecom has announced that it is investing R$40 million (US$7.6m) in a new data center in Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The facility, which is expected to achieve Tier III certification, will be based at the Technological Park of Electronics and Associated ...

September 19, 2022

Brazil / Brasil

Scala Data Centers Announce The Launch of SP4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Scala Data Centers has announced the launch of its SP4 data center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. SP4 is located on the company’s Tambore data center campus in the Barueri area of Sao Paulo. The company told BNAmericas that the data center is at its first stage and will provide up to 6MW of IT power...

August 26, 2022

Scala: SGRUTB01 Tamboré

Layer 9 Plans 64MW Data Center in Mexico

Layer 9 Data Centers has completed a Series A investment round. The company is also planning to develop a 64MW data center in Mexico from the fund raised. However, it didn’t reveal the amount it raised. The Series A investment was led by a consortium of top-shots in the industry. Layer 9 DC...

June 23, 2022

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Optical Networks to develop two more data centers in Lima

Optical Networks has announced that it is to develop two additional data centers in Lima, in response to the growing demand for business services. The first of the two is already under construction and, according to the company, will be operational by the end of 2022. Speaking to BNAmericas, A...

May 16, 2022

Peru

Brazil's State of Rio Grande do Sul To Invest to invest $18.3m in Disaster Recovery Data Center

The State of Rio Grande do Sul’s information and communication center plans to develop a disaster recovery data center. Procergs (Centro de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA), will be in charge of the project. The firm will receive BRL 87.9 million ($1...

April 25, 2022

Brazil / Brasil

Arsat to expand in Bariloche, Argentina

Arsat has announced that it is investing $70 million to build a new HQ located at the Bariloche Technological Industrial Productive Park (PITBA). Alongside this announcement, the government-owned communications firm also said it will be developing a backup data center in Bariloche in the Patag...

April 07, 2022

Argentina

New data center on the way for Saint Kitts and Nevis

A new data center is on its way to Saint Kitts and Nevis, it has been announced. Saint Kitts and Nevis are neighboring islands to the east of Puerto Rico. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, announced that a state-of-the-art facility would be built in the country in a plan...

April 04, 2022

Puerto Rico

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