April 19, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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 data...
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April 17, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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 data...
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April 13, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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 three...
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March 27, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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...
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March 20, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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...
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February 27, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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 been...
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February 07, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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...
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January 31, 2023 Brazil / Brasil
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 have not yet been...
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December 16, 2022 Brazil / Brasil
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...
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November 28, 2022 Brazil / Brasil
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 center...
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September 19, 2022 Brazil / Brasil
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...
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April 25, 2022 Brazil / Brasil
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 ($18.3m)....
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December 08, 2021 Brazil / Brasil
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,...
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October 01, 2021 Brazil / Brasil
Brazilian operator Ava Telecom has started deploying Edge data centers in São Paulo, Brazil. The company provided little information about what it is doing. It didn’t reveal the number of sites it is building, or how much it is planning to invest in deploying the Edge data centers. However,...
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August 30, 2021 Brazil / Brasil
The Brazilian government is clamping down on excessive energy use amid a drought across the country. As part of this, the government is introducing measures such as a mandate to federal data centres to moderate power use. According to a source speaking to Reuters, these measures are being made in...
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