With this permission, Scala Data Centers seals its management position– guaranteeing it can satisfy the rapid rise in data-processing and artificial-intelligence work required by significant international business.
SÃO PAULO, Might 14, 2025/ PRNewswire/– Scala Data Centers, the leading Latin American platform for sustainable hyperscale information centers, revealed today that Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has actually licensed the 5 GW ramp-up connection of Scala AI City to the National Interconnected System (SIN). This marks one of the biggest energy permissions ever given by the Executive Branch and the most substantial approval to date for a data-center task in Brazil
By protecting this connection, Scala declares its capability to scale operations securely, effectively, and with uncompromising quality. An early-mover in energy preparation for artificial-intelligence work, the business is placed to satisfy the upcoming rise in need for high-density computing and continuous power supply. The 5 GW permission will underpin the development of Scala AI City for several years to come, developing it as the very first, and just, Latin American data-center school created to run at gigawatt scale. When totally constructed out, the school will boast 4.75 GW of capability, going beyond the whole power usage of the state of Rio de Janeiro
“ Energy preparation has actually progressed from a simply functional issue into a tactical competitive differentiator. Our dedication to one hundred percent eco-friendly and qualified energy, integrated with unrelenting supply-resilience steps and proactive need anticipation, ensures our customers stability, predictability, and ecological compliance from the first day,” stated Marcos Peigo, CEO and cofounder of Scala Data Centers.
In addition to long-lasting power-purchase contracts with significant wind and hydro generators, Scala has actually protected versatile energy-supply collaborations extending through a minimum of 2039. In between 2020 and 2024, using tidy, I-REC– accredited energy prevented more than 80,000 lots of CO two emissions.
“ While the sector scrambles for power, management requires a long-lasting vision. We were prepared before lots of even responded. This turning point validates that Scala AI City is a concrete task, backed by owned land, specified zoning, tested proficiency, and now a formally licensed energy connection. In a vibrant market, openness, strength, and constant execution set us apart,” stated Luciano Fialho, Senior Vice President of Corporate Advancement at Scala.
Scala preserves a continuous discussion with regulators and policymakers to cultivate a more foreseeable financial investment environment for important facilities. The Federal Government of Rio Grande do Sul, led by Guv Eduardo Leite, has actually been a tactical partner because the task’s beginning, speeding up regulative, energy, and land-use approvals.
“ Rio Grande do Sul is at a historical point as home to Latin America’s initially data-center city. Scala AI City will be an effective engine for our state’s financial and social advancement. It is an honor for our federal government to partner in this change, which places Rio Grande do Sul as an international leader in the brand-new digital economy,” Guv Eduardo Leite stated.
With this approval, Scala is charting the course towards genuinely sustainable, future-ready digital facilities.
About Scala AI City
Declared in September 2024 at Palácio Piratini in Porto Alegre, Scala AI City is the very first and just Latin American data-center school constructed for the gigawatt period. When total, it will supply 4.75 GW of power throughout a 10 million-m two website – comparable to 6,500 football fields – and support huge AI work for international business. The task incorporates circular-economy practices, utilizes one hundred percent eco-friendly qualified energy, and consists of instructional collaborations and regional labor force training in Eldorado do Sul, strengthening the area as a digital-economy center. Stage 1, with a preliminary IT capability of 54 MW and a BRL 3 billion ( USD 500 million) financial investment, will produce over 3,000 direct and indirect tasks and catalyze development throughout energy, building, and telecoms sectors. Totally constructed out, overall financial investment might reach BRL 500 billion Leveraging Brazil’s green-energy export capacity (” powershoring”) and sub-80 ms latency to The United States And Canada, Scala AI City is placed to bring in worldwide AI work at extraordinary scale.
About Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers is Latin America’s leading sustainable hyperscale data-center platform. Backed by DigitalBridge, the business has actually invested over BRL 12 billion and handles some 200 MW of set up and in-development capability, plus a landbank going beyond 12 million m two throughout 4 nations. Scala’s facilities consists of more than 7 GW of energy capability for future growths, all powered by one hundred percent eco-friendly and qualified sources.
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