A private initiative named TP AI Factory is structuring a technology campus dedicated to artificial intelligence infrastructure on more than 50 hectares of industrial land in the Guarenas-Guatire corridor in Miranda state, central-northern Venezuela. The project’s defining feature is an integrated energy generation system designed to bypass dependence on the national grid, a response to […]
A public debate organized by the Universidad de la República’s UNESCO Human Rights Chair has exposed growing concerns over Uruguay’s data center development model, with academics and activists demanding transparency on water and energy consumption, territorial impacts, and economic benefit allocation. The controversy centers on projects including Google’s facility under construction at Parque de las
A new biomass processing facility in Mendoza’s Las Heras district has begun operations with the capacity to divert 12,000 tonnes of urban pruning waste annually from landfill to industrial fuel use. The installation, developed by Selfix SRL in partnership with Holcim’s Geocycle unit, represents a short-loop valorisation model in which municipal organic residue is transformed
Finnish renewable energy developer Korkia has extended its Chilean investment strategy to include powered land development, targeting data center sites with secured grid access paired with renewable generation and battery storage. Chile joins Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom as markets where the company is actively advancing this business line, with evaluation underway in other
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Finnish energy developer Korkia is advancing a new investment line in Chile targeting powered land sites designed to support data center development by integrating renewable generation, battery storage and grid connection infrastructure. The company has identified Chile as one of four active markets for this model alongside Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, while evaluating
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Brazil’s data center pipeline gained concrete momentum as DataSpots received approval for 650 MW of grid connection capacity distributed across eight facilities nationwide. The authorizations arrive as Congress completed approval of the Redata tax incentive regime in early September 2026, positioning the country to compete for infrastructure investment amid surging global demand for AI processing
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Cryptocurrency mining companies and artificial intelligence data centers operating under Paraguay’s Special Intensive Consumption Group are pushing to extend their preferential electricity contracts with state utility ANDE from the current 2027 expiration to 2037. The move has sparked debate over employment generation, subsidy levels, and the country’s energy allocation priorities as demand approaches Paraguay’s 6,067
Brazil’s Senate on September 1 approved the Redata data center tax incentive program after civil society groups and the Brazilian Clean Energy Institute (IBL) successfully lobbied to preserve renewable energy requirements as a core condition for accessing fiscal benefits. The bill now advances to presidential sanction, with nuclear and biogas industry associations already positioning for
Brazil’s Senate approved legislation requiring data centers to source electricity exclusively from renewable or low-emission generation to access federal tax breaks, creating a reserved market segment that could accelerate long-term power contracting. The measure now awaits presidential signature, with potential to reshape both digital infrastructure investment and renewable energy demand patterns across Latin America’s largest
