Roblox Breaks Ground on Data Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The company behind video game platform Roblox has broken ground on a data center in São Paulo, Brazil. The company announced the new infrastructure development on its DevForum site, writing: "You asked. We listened. Brazil servers are coming to São Paulo in early 2026!"

Jerret West, chief marketing officer and head of international expansion at Roblox, said in a statement: “We’re excited to launch our new data center in Brazil, our most advanced yet. With cutting-edge hardware, we’re boosting performance and reliability for our Brazilian players and preparing to welcome millions more. Brazil is incredibly important to us, and we’re dedicated to building a more immersive and responsive platform for users here and beyond.”

Roblox claims to have 27 data centers, the majority of which are in the US, and others are spread out globally. According to the company's 2024 Annual Report, "The majority of services operated by the Roblox Cloud are hosted in Roblox-managed data centers. For some of our high-speed databases, scalable object storage, and message queuing services we leverage Amazon Web Services."