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Scala Data Centers Secures R$200 Million Financing

Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved financing of R$200 million ($37.2m) for Scala Data Centers to invest in the acquisition and installation of equipment and materials for the infrastructure of its data centers.The financing approved by the BNDES is ...

November 28, 2025

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Scala Secures $25m in Financing from Caterpillar Power Finance

Brazilian data center developer Scala Data Centers has secured $25 million in financing from Caterpillar Power Finance, marking Caterpillar’s first with a data center company in Latin America. The financing is designed to drive sustainable growth across the company.“This milestone goes far be...

August 30, 2025

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Scala Closes $328 Million Expansion Deal

Scala Data Centers has successfully closed its first international project financing, securing $254 million in long-term financing for the construction of three hyperscale data centers and a critical power substation in Chile. The financing is set to fund the expansion of Scala's presence in t...

July 23, 2025

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Brazilian local government passes law to support Scala's AI City data center campus

The Brazilian city of Eldorado do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul state, has passed legislation to allow the construction of Scala Data Centers’ AI City. The legislation will change urban zoning and streamline procedures for the operators ‘mega complex.’ The urban zoning perimeter will be expanded t...

December 30, 2024

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Brazil’s Scala secures financing to fund data center rollout

Brazilian firm Scala Data Centers this week announced the successful completion of $500 million in structured financing. The investment includes $250 million from Coatue Tactical Solutions and $250m from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) which will be used to accelerate ...

September 27, 2024

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Scala DC acquires stake in two wind farms in Brazil

Scala Data Centers has announced the largest agreement for the supply of renewable energy in Latin America with Serena which is set to come into effect in January 2025. "The agreement with Scala Data Centers reinforces how Serena is prepared to offer energy and infrastructure for high-perform...

August 30, 2024

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Elea Digital raises $100 million in sustainability-linked debt

Brazilian data center Elea Digital announced this week that it raised over $100 million in sustainability-linked debt. This fund will be used to aid ongoing organic expansion and align the company's infrastructure with international standards. Alessandro Lombardi, president of Elea Digital, s...

January 03, 2024

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Scala Data Centers launches operations in Port Alegre, Brazil

Scala Data Centers has launched operations at its first data center in Porto Alegre, Brazil, dubbed SPOAPA01. This data center has an IT capacity of 4.8MW and was developed with an investment of $48 million, dedicated to hyperscale customers. SPOAPA01 is fully powered by certified renewable ...

December 29, 2023

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Scala Data Centers makes $215m green-tied issuance

Latin America data center provider Scala Data Centers has issued $215 million of green debentures, marking the second largest green-tied issuance in the Brazil data center sector. The funds will be used to construct hyperscale data centers which will have an annual PUE of less than 1.45, with ...

November 22, 2023

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Elea Digital launches 2.5MW expansion of its RJO1 data center

Brazilian data center provider Elea Digital has launched an expansion of its data center after investing R$100 million to add 500 square meter space and 2.5MW of IT capacity to its Rio de Janeiro data center dubbed RJO1.With this expansion, the facility’s total capacity is now 5MW, enabling it...

October 23, 2023

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Scala intends to construct a 5MW data center in Mexico City

Scala Data Centers is constructing a new campus just outside Mexico City, Mexico. This week, the company owned by DigitalBridge announced intentions to build SMEXTP01, its first data center in the country. The facility, located in the municipality of Tepotzotlán, will have an initial critical ...

August 25, 2023

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Scala Data Centers' site in Curauma, Chile is operational

Scala Data Centers developed its first facility in Chile and commenced operations at its 5MW Curauma data center. This is Scala's third data center to be launched this year, following the opening of additional sites in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The new facility is already completely leased...

August 09, 2023

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Elea Digital expands Brazilian data facility with $20m

Elea Digital, a Brazilian data center corporation, has invested more than $20 million in expanding its Rio de Janeiro data center. The data center in issue, RJ01, has doubled its capacity from 2.5MW to 5MW, and the additional 5,380 sq ft of data center space can accommodate up to 200 more rack...

June 07, 2023

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Scala Data Centers launches the second largest vertical data center in Latin America, São Paulo, Brazil

Scala has announced that it has launched the second largest vertical data center in Latin America, SGRUTB05, which adds 6MW of IT capacity to Tamboré Campus. Located in the Tamboré Campus, in Barueri city, it has a built area of 6,700 sqm, is 35.5 meters high, and has five floors, three of wh...

May 25, 2023

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Scala Data Centers signs iMasons' open letter for greater use of greener concrete

Scala Data Centers has announced that it has signed an open letter published by iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), a non-profit striving for responsible digital transformation and sustainable digital infrastructure. The initiative strives to promote sustainable raw materials in the data center ind...

May 12, 2023

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Scala Data Centers Opens a Data Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Scala's new data center in Rio de Janeiro for Scala Data Center is now operational. The Brazilian data center has a 7.2MW hyperscale capacity and only one anchor tenant at the moment. The So Joo do Meriti campus, where the SGIGSM01 facility is situated, will have 55MW of IT capacity when fully...

April 25, 2023

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Robotic Dogs Are Being Tested For Facility Assessments by Scala Data Centers

Robotic dogs are being tested by Brazilian data center operator Scala for fire safety assessments. While Scala doesn't specify the brand or manufacturer, the robot appears to be a Go1 from the Chinese company Unitree. The Go1 is a little smaller than some other robot dogs, at around 30 cm t...

March 16, 2023

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Scala Data Centers' Senior Director of Data Center Deployment is Revealed

Mark Sanchez has been appointed as Scala Data Centers' new Senior Director of Data Center Deployment. Scala Data Centers is the top Latin American platform for environmentally friendly data centers in the hyperscale market. After five years managing teams and implementing data centers on five ...

March 15, 2023

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Scala Data Centers issues R$ 2 billion in green debentures

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...

December 22, 2022

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Elea Digital announces sustainability-linked bond

Brazilian data center firm Elea Digital has announced its first sustainability-linked bond. It has reportedly issued a $38 million bond to invest in more water-efficient equipment, through which it hopes to reduce its Water Usage Efficiency (WUE) to 0.31 liters and 0.2 liters per KW/h by By 20...

December 09, 2022

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