The Peseum Port area in the northeastern state of Cear á in Brazil has abundant wind and solar energy resources, making it very suitable for the layout of large-scale computing hubs. In July this year, ByteDance decided to build a large data center park here, with a planned maximum capacity of nearly 1GW and a total investment of about $39 billion. The first phase of the project is developed by Omnia, a subsidiary of Patria Investments, with an IT capacity of 200 megawatts and a total electricity demand of 300 megawatts. It plans to have 20 data centers and is expected to be put into operation in 2027. At present, the demand for computing power continues to rise, and ByteDance starts the negotiation of the second phase scheme to find the main body of cooperative development. The scale of the second phase is expected to exceed that of the first phase.

project layout

The Port of Pescum Park enjoys tax-free policies for export processing zones, provided that data is exported externally. At the same time, ByteDance synchronously negotiated with the developer about another data center of the same level outside the port area to provide computing services specifically for Brazilian local customers, forming a layout of internal and external computing power, taking into account overseas business and local market. One internal and one external differentiation layout, adapted to local tax rules and data regulatory requirements.

Regional competition

Latin American countries are competing to lay out their computing infrastructure, and Chile and Argentina have successively introduced incentive policies to attract foreign investment. The capacity of local data centers in Brazil has doubled since 2022, exceeding 1 gigawatt. Industry institutions predict that by 2031, the capacity will nearly double from 2025, with an average annual growth rate of about 20%. Seiala relies on its local green power advantage to reduce its dependence on long-distance power transmission, and has unique competitiveness in the Latin American computing power race. Keywords: ByteDance, Brazilian data center, Latin American computing

Strategic value

This expansion is an important extension of ByteDance's overseas computing power map, and it has stabilized its position as the leading computing power builder in Latin America. The project extensively utilizes local renewable energy, which is in line with the development direction of green computing power. It is also a landmark investment of Chinese enterprises in the field of digital new infrastructure in Latin America, driving the coordinated development of cross-border digital industry chains.Editor/Li Xiaohua