Rio de Janeiro set to host Latin America’s largest data center campus
The "Rio AI City" project was announced at Web Summit Rio on 27 April
A new artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus has been announced in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
The “Rio AI City” project was revealed at the opening of the Web Summit Rio on 27 April. The project, which will be located in the city’s Olympic Park, has an initial planned capacity of 1.8GW, expected to come online by 2027, with a view to expand to 3GW by 2032.
When completed, the project will reportedly be the largest data center campus in Latin America and one of the largest worldwide.
Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, who announced the project, said that its primary aim is to boost the city’s role in the growth of AI and consolidate Rio as the “Innovation Capital of Latin America.” “We want to drive the AI revolution and ensure that it serves the public well,” said Paes.
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