Overview
- Brazil’s CZPE granted authorization for the Pecém ZPE site to provide data‑export services, marking the country’s first export‑focused data center, according to officials and Omnia.
- Omnia will develop, build and operate the campus, investing about R$12 billion in infrastructure, while Casa dos Ventos plans roughly R$3.5–4 billion for new wind farms dedicated to the project.
- Total investment is estimated at around R$50 billion, with the client funding information‑technology equipment such as processing servers.
- The facility is planned for roughly 300 MW of capacity, with construction targeted to start in 2025 and operations expected in 2027, pending the SEMACE installation license and final implementation steps.
- Government officials and sources say ByteDance’s TikTok is expected to be the sole client, though the company has not publicly confirmed; separately, the CZPE approved five Pecém data‑center projects from ByteDance and Exportdata totaling an estimated R$571 billion.