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Megatelecom will Install a Fiber and Edge Data Center Network All Through Brazil

Megatelecom, a Brazilian telecommunications provider, intends to deploy scores of Edge data centers nationwide and expand its fiber backbone. Following the fiber expansion, the company will construct a data center at the site. Megatelecom plans to repeat this process until 2028 when the compan...

May 31, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Zoho Intends to Construct a Data Center in Mexico

Within the next two years, the Indian software company Zoho Corporation intends to install its first data facility covering Latin America in Mexico. The company has two data centers in the United States that operate in tandem to ensure continuous service. The Mexico unit will also use this mod...

May 25, 2023

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Zeittec-built intelligence data center launches in Brazil

In Brazil, Agência Brasileira de Inteligência, ABIN, Brazil’s intelligence agency has announced the launch of a new Zeittec-built modular data center. Designed to Tier III standards, the facility reportedly has extremely high security in order to perform its function to protect confidential da...

April 19, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

ManageEngine plans data center in Brazil

ManageEngine is reportedly considering establishing a data center in Brazil. It plans to have the facility operational by either late this year or early next, near its Santa Catarina or São Paulo offices. According to the company, regulatory barriers and import tax mean that a lack of local da...

April 17, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Cirion plans data centers in Chile, Peru and Brazil

Cirion has outlined its plans to develop three data centers in Chile, Peru and Brazil in 2023, as it continues its growth in Latin America. Specifically, the three facilities will be located in Santiago's Quilicura district, Macropolis in Lurín in Peru, and Cotia in São Paulo. Together the thr...

April 13, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Mexico Will See an Increase in Data Centers Because of Tesla's Influence

The introduction of Tesla in Mexico and the pursuit of automation will exert pressure not just on the automobile sector but also on Data Centers and telecom networks. The electrification of automobiles will need the construction of a higher number of chargers. With the use of data centers, inf...

March 29, 2023

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

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

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

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

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

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

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

OneX announces expansion in Brazil

OneX, a data center newcomer, has announced that by the end of 2023, it plans to construct five data centers, with an investment of 75mn reais (US$13.2mn). The first of the five, based in the Vale do Aço (steel valley) region of Minas Gerais, was inaugurated on Tuesday. This data center, accor...

December 08, 2021

Brazil / Brasil

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