March 06, 2026 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
Mexican financial institution Grupo Financiero Banorte has partnered with Hitachi Vantara to migrate its operations from a Mexico City data center to a facility in Querétaro and upgrade its mainframe storage environment. According to Banorte, the migration was motivated by a desire to reduce the...
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November 28, 2025 Scala Data Centers
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...
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August 30, 2025 Scala Data Centers
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 beyond...
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July 23, 2025 Scala Data Centers
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...
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June 12, 2025 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
Edgenet has launched in Mexico with aims to deploy a network of 30 Edge data centers across the country. Last week, the company announced the launch of Mayia, the first artificial intelligence (AI) center with the "Made in Mexico" designation, awarded by the Ministry of Economy.“Basically, our...
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December 30, 2024 Scala Data Centers
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 to...
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September 27, 2024 Scala Data Centers
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...
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August 30, 2024 Scala Data Centers
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-performance...
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December 29, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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...
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November 22, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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 100...
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August 25, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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...
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August 09, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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 to...
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June 19, 2023 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
México Telecom Partners (MTP), a Mexican telecommunications company, has opened a new data center in Mexico City. The entity owned by DigitalBridge reportedly put in $17.5 million in the endeavor. Location and infrastructure specifications were not disclosed. The facility is not intended for...
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May 25, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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 which...
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May 25, 2023 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
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 model....
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May 12, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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...
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April 25, 2023 Scala Data Centers
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...
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March 29, 2023 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
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,...
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March 27, 2023 Mexico City / Ciudad de México
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 and...
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March 16, 2023 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 tall...
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