Aug 15, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Eduardo Paes, during Rio Innovation Week this week, announced an agreement to accelerate the development of the "Rio AI City" project, which aims to transform the city into one of the main global hubs for artificial intelligence.
"We've signed with the world's largest chipmaker, a coveted company. We'll buy Nvidia equipment and computing power. We have a major provider of computing power, Oracle. New developments will come; we're talking to other major companies in this field, and everyone will want to come to Rio. We'll be the capital of artificial intelligence in Brazil," said Paes.
"With Rio AI City, we reinforce Oracle's commitment to providing Brazil and Latin America with cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology and data center infrastructure. We want to support companies and institutions to innovate faster, with secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions," said Alexandre Maioral, president of Oracle Brazil.
"With this partnership, we take a decisive step toward achieving our goal. Rio AI City is a project born with robust infrastructure, clean energy, and high connectivity, ready to attract talent and businesses that will shape the next digital era. Brazil, and especially Rio de Janeiro, now has the opportunity to be at the center of this global transformation movement," added Alessandro Lombardi, president and founder of Elea Data Centers.
