People familiar with the matter said the projects would be located at the Pecem industrial port in Ceara and could reach up to one gigawatt of capacity. Voltalia plans to supply the facilities with electricity from its renewable energy pipeline in northeastern Brazil. Final agreements will depend on the approval of new tax incentives for export-oriented developments at the site. Voltalia has also made early approaches to US hyperscalers including Alphabet and Meta as it seeks partners capable of funding the vast computing infrastructure required. A one gigawatt advanced data centre can cost more than $30bn, while a 1.5GW project in Rio de Janeiro is expected to cost around $50bn. Brazil has emerged as Latin America's strongest contender in the global AI data centre race thanks to abundant renewable energy, an interconnected grid, and extensive subsea cable connections at Fortaleza. Nearly half of all planned and existing South American data centres are in Brazil. ByteDance said it...
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