Overview
- Tecto Data Centers, part of the V.tal group, secured BNDES financing to scale the Mega Lobster facility in Fortaleza, currently the largest data center in Brazil’s Northeast.
- Resources come from Fust and the BNDES Finem Data Centers line, covering roughly 40% of the project’s planned R$550 million investment.
- The site has operated at 3 MW since October 2025, with a phased expansion designed to reach 20 MW by December 2029.
- The operation is the first allocation of Fust funds to a data center in Brazil and was announced at the Palácio da Abolição as part of R$1.1 billion in approvals for Ceará.
- BNDES highlighted Fortaleza’s concentration of submarine cables and renewable energy as key advantages, while Tecto projects about 400 construction jobs and roughly 30 ongoing roles after completion.