The largest substation dedicated to a data center campus in
Brazil further strengthens Scala's
ability to support the increasing demand for data center capacity,
showcasing the company's commitment to the consolidation of
Brazil as one of the global hubs
that will support the Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and
its astonishing demand for ML (Machine Learning) and Training
workloads.
SÃO PAULO, May 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Scala Data Centers, the leading Latin
American sustainable data center platform for the Hyperscaler
market, operating in Brazil,
Chile, and Colombia, announces the groundbreaking of the
SSUBTB03 power substation, a monumental project with a capacity of
560 MW, at its flagship Tamboré Campus. This strategic investment,
which will enable a monthly energy consumption greater than that of
the entire country of Nicaragua,
exceeds USD 80 million. This is the
result of almost three years of relentless hard work involving a
multidisciplinary group with support from the government and
reinforces Scala's commitment to operational excellence and
customer satisfaction by enhancing the power reliability and
resiliency of the campus, as well as providing an avenue for major
cloud and content providers to grow.
The Energy Research Company (EPE), which is responsible for the
planning of the energy sector in Brazil, has identified a high demand for data
center connections in the last two years. The SSUBTB03 substation
surpasses all other data center connection requests registered with
the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). This significant capacity
is even more impressive given its location in the heart of
Brazil's largest energy consumer
market, São Paulo. The MME has authorized the connection of Scala
Data Centers to the transmission system through the ordinance
issued on October 5, 2023, as per the
following link.
The SSUBTB03 substation, which will be completed in two stages,
the first of which scheduled for December
2024, complements the existing SSUBTB01 and SSUBTB02
substations, each with 60 MW capacity.
"A dedicated on-site substation enhances the reliability and
quality of the power supply due to its direct connection to the
national grid," states Fabio Yanaguita, Scala's Director of Energy.
"The magnitude of this project is compared to a few in the world
and is the tip of the spear for a larger initiative that combines
the demand of our customers for green data centers to support its
evergrowing demand for cloud and AI with our vision for the
country", adds Marcos Peigo, Co-Founder and CEO of the company.
"Brazil, with its vast
opportunities in the energy sector and ready-to-go
transmission grid, is uniquely poised to be among the winners in
the AI/ML race. Scala, the same way we understood ahead of others
in the region the impact of the pandemic in the digital
infrastructure demand, take a pioneer and bold step again in
enabling the development of the AI in Brazil", unveils Marcos Peigo.
Scala Leadership in the Industry
Scala has made impressive progress in expanding the Tamboré
Campus, delivering the SGRUTB8 site with a remarkable 24MW capacity
and the SGRUTB12 site with a 6MW capacity in April. These two newly
operational buildings have brought the total number of
hyperscaler-dedicated sites in operation to five, besides the one
dedicated to large enterprises.
The company has also started constructing the SGRUTB9 and
SGRUTB10 data centers, each with 36MW, and its SGRUTB6-7 site, with
a projected capacity of 44MW, all single-tenant facilities. It will
start SGRUTB11 with 36MW of capacity that will serve multiple
customers in three phases of development. For 2025, Scala plans to
begin building a new data center cluster with 100MW in critical
capacity on the same campus.
With a total IT capacity of 450MW and 17 buildings when fully
developed, the Tamboré Campus is the largest in Latin America and is set to be one of the
biggest worldwide. It already presents itself as the leading
destination of AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
workloads, with all of the new buildings showcasing its
FutureProof design, enabling densities that will range from
24kW per rack up to 100kW per rack with the adoption of liquid
cooling technologies.
With 60MW in new bookings in 2023, Scala starts 2024 with 160MW
in total contracted capacity, positioning the company as the market
leader in the hyperscale industry. Furthermore, with 75% of its
data center capacity having less than 3 years of operation, Scala
also stands out as an industry leader with a modern,
state-of-the-art portfolio that will support the industry for
decades.
This latest addition to the Tamboré Campus also cements Scala's
position as a leader in sustainable data center practices while
facilitating the integration of renewable energy sources into the
power grid.
Scala has already committed USD 1.6
billion to the campus and is poised to inject an additional
USD 3 billion into its expansion
efforts when fully developed. Looking ahead, with expansion plans
spanning all venues in the four countries in Latin America that operates, Scala aims to
ramp up its data center launches and expansions to reach a total of
US$2 billion by 2024 and 2025.
About Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers is the leading Latin American sustainable
data center platform for the Hyperscaler market. Headquartered in
Brazil and founded by
DigitalBridge, it was developed to meet and exceed the growing
demand for digital access in Latin
America. Scala has a highly qualified team of over 1,000
professionals and applies a flexible and innovative approach to
providing exceptional quality colocation services to hyperscale
clients, cloud-based software and service providers, and large
enterprises. We customize state-of-the-art solutions for each
client in the construction of the latest generation data centers,
with high availability, the best energy efficiency rates, and
superior density. All this allied to the best sustainability
practices guided by our ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)
program. For more information, visit www.scaladatacenters.com.
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