How many AI data centers are tracked for South America?

Name: South America AI data center facilities
Creator: AI Data Center Index
License: https://aidatacenterindex.com/data/

The AI Data Center Index tracks 14 facilities for South America with 7.6 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Continental Market

South America

The AI infrastructure buildout across South America — countries, operators, capacity, and pipeline status. South America hosts 14 tracked facilities across 5 countries with 7.6 GW of combined selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

Tracked Capacity

7.6 GW

Countries

Operators

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

7.6 GW of selected tracked capacity across 14 facilities.

Operational1.1 GW14%7

Under Construction120 MW2%1

Planned164 MW2%3

Announced40 MW1%1

Data Quality

100% cited

100% capacity published

100% geolocated

86% dated

Geographic footprint

14 facilities with published coordinates in this slice.

Operational Under construction Planned Announced

Peer Ranking

Where South America stands among 8 tracked continents.

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By facility count#6of 8

By selected capacity#5of 8 · 7.6 GW

Share of top market

13% of the #1 continent's capacity

Nearby peers

Asia 83 · 18.5 GW Middle East 30 · 9.1 GW Oceania 12 · 1.7 GW

Head-to-Head Comparisons

Pre-built matchups involving South America — facility count, capacity, status mix, and energy breakdown side by side.

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Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 14 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational750%

Under construction17%

Planned321%

Announced17%

Top operators by capacity

Scala Data Centers4.8 GW Elea Data Centers1.5 GW Microsoft680 MW Amazon Web Services440 MW Google130 MW ODATA (Aligned Data Centers)120 MW

Energy mix

Renewable857%

Mixed429%

Other / Unknown214%

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Frequently asked questions

How many AI data centers are tracked for South America?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 14 facilities for South America with 7.6 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Countries in Region

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Argentina

Peru

Operators Present

Microsoft

4 facilities

Amazon Web Services

3 facilities

Google

3 facilities

Elea Data Centers

1 facilities

Equinix

1 facilities

ODATA (Aligned Data Centers)

1 facilities

Scala Data Centers

1 facilities

Status Mix

Operational

7 facilities

Planned

4 facilities

Under Construction

2 facilities

Announced

1 facilities

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Sources
Scala — AI City (Eldorado do Sul)	Scala Data Centers	Brazil Rio Grande do Sul	4,750 MW	planned campus with 5 GW grid-connection authorization and 54 MW first phase disclosed	Renewable	Mixed	3
Elea Rio AI City	Elea Data Centers	Brazil Rio de Janeiro	1,500 MW	RJO1 operational; phased Rio AI City first-phase buildout in progress with RJO2 delivery beginning in 2026	Renewable	Mixed	3
Microsoft — São Paulo AI Infrastructure (Expansion)	Microsoft	Brazil São Paulo	500 MW	operational	Renewable	Inference	1
AWS — Brazil AI Infrastructure (Expansion)	Amazon Web Services	Brazil São Paulo	300 MW	operational	Renewable	Mixed	2
ODATA — BG03 Bogotá AI Campus	ODATA (Aligned Data Centers)	Colombia Cundinamarca	120 MW	under construction	Other	HPC / Supercomputing	1
AWS — Santiago AI Region	Amazon Web Services	Chile Santiago Metropolitan	100 MW	planned	Renewable	Unknown	1
Microsoft Azure — Colombia (Bogotá)	Microsoft	Colombia Cundinamarca	80 MW	operational	Mixed	Azure AI services, Latin American enterprise AI workloads	1
Google Cloud — Chile Region (Santiago)	Google	Chile Santiago Metropolitan	50 MW	operational	Renewable	Inference	2
Microsoft — Argentina AI Cloud Region	Microsoft	Argentina Buenos Aires	50 MW	planned	Mixed	Mixed	1
Microsoft — Chile Central AI Infrastructure	Microsoft	Chile Santiago Metropolitan Region	50 MW	operational	Renewable	Mixed	1
AWS — Peru Cloud Region (Announced)	Amazon Web Services	Peru Lima	40 MW	announced	Mixed	Mixed	1
Google Cloud — Argentina Region (Buenos Aires)	Google	Argentina Buenos Aires Province	40 MW	operational	Other	Inference	2
Google Cloud — Colombia AI Region	Google	Colombia Cundinamarca	40 MW	operational	Mixed	Mixed	2
Equinix SP7 São Paulo (Brazil)	Equinix	Brazil São Paulo	14 MW	planned	Renewable	Mixed	1