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Regions · Latin America · updated 31 Oct 2026

Latin America data centres: Brazil's grid queue, Mexico's Querétaro cluster and Chile's growth

Name: Latin America data centre capacity, grid requests, construction, policy and forecasts: Brazil, Mexico and Chile, 2024 to 2030
Creator: CoolPower Index
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Brazil Mexico Chile Money Questions

Where capacity is being built in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, how much grid power it is asking for, and the rules and money behind it. For engineers, buyers, consultants and investors. Every figure is dated, sourced and labelled Live, Confirmed or Projected.

Latin America in brief

Brazil is the giant of the region's pipeline: data centre projects have asked for 38 GW of grid access (Ministry of Mines and Energy, June 2026), and the grid operator ONS has accepted 7,040 MW of them. Requests are not capacity.
Brazil enacted the Redata tax regime on 15 September 2026, with conditions on clean power, water use and serving the domestic market. The rules that make it usable are still to come.
The biggest single build is Omnia's campus for ByteDance (TikTok) at Pecém, Ceará: 300 MW per phase, first module due in July 2027, and a court challenge from federal prosecutors.
Mexico is small and concentrated: 279 MW installed nationally, 72% of it in Querétaro, where 181 MW is under construction (MEXDC).
Chile's grid coordinator puts installed data centre capacity at about 398 MW in 2025 and about 1,381 MW by 2030 if identified projects are built. Santiago is almost full, with 4.3% vacancy (Cushman & Wakefield).

Projected

38 GW

of grid access requests from data centre projects in Brazil (June 2026)

Source: eixos (opens in a new tab)

Confirmed

7,040 MW

of data centre requests accepted by Brazil's grid operator ONS

Source: pv magazine Brasil (opens in a new tab)

Live

279 MW

installed data centre capacity in Mexico (MEXDC)

Source: El Economista (opens in a new tab)

Live

about 398 MW

installed data centre capacity in Chile in 2025 (grid coordinator estimate)

Source: Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (opens in a new tab)

Projected

about 1,381 MW

in Chile by 2030 if identified projects are built (grid coordinator)

Source: Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (opens in a new tab)

Understand the numbers

Live running today or measured for a past period (operational capacity, sites in operation, cloud regions in service).
Confirmed under construction, funded, formally committed, granted grid access or enacted in law. Not yet in service.
Projected connection requests, plans, targets, forecasts and challenges. They can change or not happen.

Exact figure types used on this page

Official figure · Grid operator estimate · Third-party estimate · Company statement · Under construction · Cloud region in service · Investment pledge · Grid access granted, not built · Connection requests · Adopted policy or law · Regulatory decision · Company target · Forecast · Reported setback. Hover or tap a badge to see the exact type. Grid connection requests, grid access already granted, installed capacity, capacity under construction and forecasts are different measures. They are never added together or drawn on one axis, and there is no cross-country capacity chart because no single publisher measures Brazil, Mexico and Chile the same way. MW is power, not energy used.

Brazil

Huge grid queue, a new tax regime and the TikTok campus at Pecém.

Projected · Connection requests

38 GW

Grid access requests from data centre projects, as reported by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (up from 28.5 GW in December 2025). Requests, not capacity. As of 1 Jun 2026.

Source: eixos: Sem Redata, pedidos de data centers chegam a 38 GW (opens in a new tab) Published 1 Jun 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026. Also: BNamericas: Brazil reaches 38GW in data center requests, US$28.7bn in new investments (Ministry of Mines and Energy figures) (opens in a new tab) Published 2 Jun 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Grid access granted, not built

7,040 MW

Data centre access requests accepted by the grid operator ONS (38 projects, 3,914 MW of them in São Paulo state). Accepted for connection, not built. As of 28 Jan 2026.

Source: pv magazine Brasil: ONS aceita solicitações de acesso à rede básica de 7 GW de data centers (opens in a new tab) Published 3 Feb 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projected · Connection requests

20 GW

Access requests from new data centres received by ONS between January 2025 and August 2026, about 25% of Brazil's average load, according to ONS director-general Marcio Rea. A different pool from the ministry's 38 GW. As of 18 Sept 2026.

Source: LAWINFRA: Data centers já pedem ao ONS energia equivalente a 25% da carga média do país (opens in a new tab) Published 18 Sept 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Live · Official figure

205 data centres

In operation in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. A count of sites, not MW. As of 2 Jun 2026.

Source: BNamericas: Brazil reaches 38GW in data center requests, US$28.7bn in new investments (Ministry of Mines and Energy figures) (opens in a new tab) Published 2 Jun 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Under construction

R$114.5bn (US$20.7bn)

Investment in data centre projects under construction, a Ministry of Mines and Energy estimate. As of 2 Jun 2026.

Source: BNamericas: Brazil reaches 38GW in data center requests, US$28.7bn in new investments (Ministry of Mines and Energy figures) (opens in a new tab) Published 2 Jun 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Adopted policy or law

Law 15,504/2026

The Redata tax regime for data centres, enacted on 15 September 2026. Qualifying projects must offer at least 10% of capacity to the domestic market, meet all power needs from renewable or low-emission sources and keep water use effectiveness at or below 0.05 L/kWh. The implementing regulation is still to come. As of 15 Sept 2026.

Source: Presidência da República (Planalto): Lei nº 15.504, de 2026 (Redata) (opens in a new tab) Published 15 Sept 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026. Also: Trench Rossi Watanabe: Brazil enacts Law no. 15,504/2026 creating the REDATA Tax Incentive Regime (opens in a new tab) Published 15 Sept 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Under constructionOmnia

300 MW per phase

Omnia's campus for ByteDance (TikTok) at Pecém, Ceará: 200 MW of each phase for ByteDance's IT equipment and 100 MW for the facility. Phase one (R$50bn) under construction since January 2026, first module due in July 2027. Four phases approved. As of 26 Feb 2026.

Source: Diário do Nordeste: Data center do TikTok no Ceará começa a operar em 2027, diz Omnia (opens in a new tab) Published 26 Feb 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projected · Reported setback

Court challenge

Federal prosecutors and the public defender went to court to stop the Pecém data centre operating before an environmental study and consultation with the Anacé people. As of 10 Sept 2026.

Source: Ministério Público Federal (Ceará): MPF e DPU vão à Justiça para impedir operação de data center no Complexo do Pecém (opens in a new tab) Published 10 Sept 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projected · Company targetScala Data Centers

up to 4.75 GW

Scala AI City in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, as pitched by Scala, starting with a 54 MW data centre. A company plan, not a commitment. As of 11 Sept 2024.

Source: DatacenterDynamics: Scala AI City: Scala pitches $50bn Brazil data center campus of up to 4.7GW (opens in a new tab) Published 11 Sept 2024. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projects, operators and all sources: Brazil market profile. Cooling and power suppliers: Cooling and CDUs · Chillers · Switchgear.

Mexico

Small today, and almost all of it in Querétaro.

Live · Third-party estimate

279 MW

Installed data centre capacity in Mexico, according to the Mexican Data Centre Association (MEXDC). As of 14 May 2026.

Source: El Economista: Querétaro concentra 72% de la capacidad instalada de centros de datos (opens in a new tab) Published 14 May 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Live · Third-party estimate

202 MW (72%)

Capacity in commercial operation in Querétaro, 72% of the national total (MEXDC 2026 market report). As of 19 Oct 2026.

Source: Expansión: Querétaro concentra 72% de los data centers de México (MEXDC 2026 market report) (opens in a new tab) Published 19 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Under construction

181 MW

Under active construction in Querétaro (MEXDC 2026 market report). As of 19 Oct 2026.

Source: Expansión: Querétaro concentra 72% de los data centers de México (MEXDC 2026 market report) (opens in a new tab) Published 19 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projected · Forecast

1,192 MW by 2031

Capacity in announced projects for the Querétaro region up to 2031. Announcements, not commitments. As of 19 Oct 2026.

Source: Expansión: Querétaro concentra 72% de los data centers de México (MEXDC 2026 market report) (opens in a new tab) Published 19 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Live · Company statementODATA

72 MW

IT power of the first building at ODATA's QR03 campus in Querétaro, launched on 30 April 2025 (ODATA). One building, not a national figure. As of 30 Apr 2025.

Source: ODATA: ODATA anuncia o lançamento de seu maior data center no México, com 300 MW de capacidade de TI (opens in a new tab) Published 30 Apr 2025. Accessed 1 Nov 2026.

Live · Cloud region in service

3 Availability Zones

AWS Mexico (Central) Region, open since January 2025 in Querétaro, part of a plan to invest more than US$5bn in Mexico over 15 years. As of 14 Jan 2025.

Source: AWS News Blog: Now open: AWS Mexico (Central) Region (opens in a new tab) Published 14 Jan 2025. Accessed 31 Oct 2026. Also: Amazon (press release): AWS to Launch an Infrastructure Region in Mexico (opens in a new tab) Published 26 Feb 2024. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projects, operators and all sources: Mexico market profile. Mexico in the wider North American picture: US and North America briefing.

Chile

Santiago is filling up, and the grid operator expects capacity to more than triple by 2030.

Chile: installed data centre capacity identified by the grid coordinator, 2025 estimate and 2026 to 2030 projects (MW) Projected · Forecast

One publisher, one measure: the Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional's cumulative installed capacity, from its long-term demand forecast published 7 October 2026 (figure 5-13). 2025 is its estimate of capacity in operation. 2026 to 2030 (dashed) add the projects it has identified in development, its best estimate at the report's cut-off date, so they are a forecast, not ours, and projects can slip or be cancelled. Data centre energy use in the same report rises from about 0.9 TWh in 2025 to 3.66 to 4.13 TWh a year by 2046, depending on the scenario.

Source: Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional: Proyección de Demanda de Largo Plazo del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional, periodo 2026-2046 (section 5.7.2, figure 5-13) (opens in a new tab) Published 7 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Show the data as a table

Year	Installed capacity	Type
2025	398 MW	Estimate of capacity in operation (grid coordinator)
2026	552 MW	Forecast: identified projects (grid coordinator)
2027	642 MW	Forecast: identified projects (grid coordinator)
2028	963 MW	Forecast: identified projects (grid coordinator)
2029	1,281 MW	Forecast: identified projects (grid coordinator)
2030	1,381 MW	Forecast: identified projects (grid coordinator)

Why Chile's data centre capacity figures differ: five counts side by side

Source	Geography	What it measures	Date	Figure
Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (grid coordinator) (opens in a new tab)	Chile, whole country	Installed data centre capacity, estimate	2025	about 398 MW
Cushman & Wakefield (opens in a new tab)	Santiago	Operational capacity	Second half of 2025	279 MW
GPS Property, via Emol (opens in a new tab)	Santiago Metropolitan Region	Installed capacity, 37 operating centres	End of 2025	258.5 MW
Colliers, via La Tercera (opens in a new tab)	Chile	Installed capacity, 36 operating data centres	Published 22 Sep 2026	255 MW
Government of Chile, National Data Centers Plan (opens in a new tab)	Chile	Installed capacity when the plan was written	Plan for 2024 to 2030	198 MW

Each publisher counts a different area, date or definition, so these figures are never charted together or added up. The grid coordinator's national figure is the widest. Consultants count Santiago or commercial facilities only.

Live · Grid operator estimate

about 398 MW

Installed data centre capacity in Chile in 2025, estimated by the national grid coordinator. About 364 MW (98%) is in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. As of 7 Oct 2026.

Projected · Forecast

about 1,381 MW by 2030

Installed capacity if the projects the grid coordinator has identified are built. About 1,225 MW would be in the Metropolitan Region and 155 MW in Valparaíso. As of 7 Oct 2026.

Live · Third-party estimate

279 MW

Operational capacity in Santiago in the second half of 2025, up from 182 MW, with vacancy down from 23.4% to 4.3% (Cushman & Wakefield). As of Dec 2025.

Source: Cushman & Wakefield: Chile Informe del Mercado de Data Centers S2 2025 (opens in a new tab) Second half of 2025. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Under construction

106 MW

Under construction in Santiago in the second half of 2025, plus 275 MW at project stage (Cushman & Wakefield). As of Dec 2025.

Source: Cushman & Wakefield: Chile Informe del Mercado de Data Centers S2 2025 (opens in a new tab) Second half of 2025. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Investment pledge

more than US$4bn

AWS South America (Chile) Region, planned to open by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones. AWS's Chile page still said "coming in 2026" when we checked on 31 Oct 2026. As of 7 May 2025.

Source: Amazon (press release): Amazon to Invest More Than $4 Billion to Launch Infrastructure Region in Chile (opens in a new tab) Published 7 May 2025. Accessed 31 Oct 2026. Also: AWS: AWS in Chile: a new AWS Region is coming to Chile in 2026 (opens in a new tab) Page checked 31 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Projected · Regulatory decision

US$200m

Google's Cerrillos data centre: the environmental assessment service ruled on 16 Oct 2026 that the redesigned project, with 63 cooling units that use no water and 44 diesel backup generators (120.25 MW), does not need a full environmental impact review. Other permits are still needed. As of 19 Oct 2026.

Source: ADN Radio: Google logra luz verde para su Data Center en Cerrillos: no deberá ingresar a evaluación ambiental (opens in a new tab) Published 19 Oct 2026. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

Confirmed · Adopted policy or law

National plan to 2030

Chile's National Data Centers Plan (PDATA) expects the industry to triple in five years and backs growth on renewable power with community dialogue. As of Plan for 2024 to 2030.

Source: Government of Chile (Ministry of Science): National Data Centers Plan 2024-2030 (opens in a new tab) Plan for 2024 to 2030. Accessed 31 Oct 2026.

No Chile market profile yet. The figures above are the main record for now.

The money: hyperscaler pledges and big projects

Headline pledges by AWS and Microsoft, and the largest project budgets, are compared side by side with each figure's own period on Markets & Investment: Latin America. They cover different periods and are never added up. Not investment advice.

R$50bn: Omnia, ByteDance and Casa dos Ventos. First phase of the Pecém campus: about R$12bn of Omnia infrastructure, R$34bn of ByteDance technology and R$4bn of renewable energy. Source: Diário do Nordeste: Data center do TikTok no Ceará começa a operar em 2027, diz Omnia (opens in a new tab)
R$159bn (US$28.7bn): Brazil, projects at an advanced stage. Estimated investment in 7.1 GW of data centre projects at a more advanced stage, a Ministry of Mines and Energy estimate. Source: BNamericas: Brazil reaches 38GW in data center requests, US$28.7bn in new investments (Ministry of Mines and Energy figures) (opens in a new tab)
US$630m: ODATA (Aligned Data Centers). First phase of DeltaFlow liquid cooling at its SP04 campus in Brazil and QR03 in Mexico, as reported by Intelligent CIO LATAM. Source: Intelligent CIO LATAM: ODATA targets Latin America's AI cooling crisis with US$630 million investment (opens in a new tab)
US$200m: Google. Estimated investment in the redesigned, air-cooled Cerrillos data centre near Santiago. Source: ADN Radio: Google logra luz verde para su Data Center en Cerrillos: no deberá ingresar a evaluación ambiental (opens in a new tab)

Watch: Latin American data centres

Official videos from Amazon Web Services and Scala Data Centers' own channels. They load from YouTube only when you press play.

**Mexico (Central) Region is now open | Amazon Web Services** Amazon Web Services on YouTube. Watch on YouTube

**Institutional Video - Scala Data Centers** Scala Data Centers on YouTube. Watch on YouTube

Common questions

How big is the Latin America data centre market?

Each country measures differently, so there is no one total. Brazil has the most sites, Mexico and Chile are smaller.

Why it matters Brazil has had requests for 38 GW of grid power for data centres, far more than is being built.

Brazil: around 200 data centres running, 38 GW of grid requests (June 2026)
Mexico: around 280 MW installed
Chile: around 400 MW installed (2025)

Source: Brazil Ministry of Mines and Energy, MEXDC, Chile grid coordinator

What is Brazil's Redata data centre law?

A Brazilian law from September 2026 that cuts federal taxes on data centre equipment, if the site uses clean power, saves water and serves Brazilian customers too.

Why it matters Water use effectiveness (WUE) means litres of water per unit of electricity used. The law sets a very low limit.

Law 15,504 of 15 September 2026
At least 10% of capacity for the home market
Water limit: 0.05 litres per kWh

Source: Brazilian federal law

Is TikTok building a data centre in Brazil?

Yes. A company called Omnia is building a large campus in north-east Brazil for ByteDance, which owns TikTok. Prosecutors want it paused until local Indigenous people are consulted.

300 MW per phase, 200 MW for ByteDance
First phase: around R$50bn, started January 2026
First part due: July 2027

Source: Diário do Nordeste

When will the AWS Chile region launch?

AWS said its Chile cloud region would open by the end of 2026. When we checked on 31 October 2026, it still said 2026.

3 availability zones (separate buildings)
More than US$4bn of investment

Source: AWS

Does Google's data centre in Chile use water for cooling?

Not in the new design. After a court case about groundwater, Google redesigned its Santiago project to use cooling units that need no water.

63 water-free cooling units
Reviewed October 2026

Source: ADN Radio, Chile environmental assessment service

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