EllaLink to extend subsea cable to Suriname
Only third cable to land in South American country
News - Latin America (EN)
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Brazil's Ascenty launches operations at its SPO05 data center in São Paulo
The company has also begun construction of SPO06 on the same campus
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Costa Rica's ICE awards Ericsson $220m 5G network contract
Ericsson secures the bulk of ICE's 5G contract
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I Squared Capital acquires Brazilian data center firm Elea
Terms not shared, joins likes of Kio, Exa, and nLighten under I Squared's ownership
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DXN to deliver cable landing station module to South America
Aussie Edge firm gets repeat customer, first module going to Latin America
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Chile's Entel Digital launches micro Edge data center offering alongside Zella DC
Edge offering part of Entel's portfolio of cloud, IT, and IoT solutions
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Equinix opens SP6 data center in São Paulo, Brazil
The company has nine data centers in operation in Brazil
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Millicom joins the TAM-1 system to strengthen connectivity in Central America
The TAM-1 system spans approximately 7,000km
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Telefónica agrees deal to sell Mexican unit for $450m
Continues the telco's Latin American exodus
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Conecta Infra to invest $350m to connect South America's data center hubs
The rollout will take place in phases through 2028
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Hive launches AI cloud platform in Asunción, Paraguay
Columbia University is already a customer
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Liberty Networks, Gold Data, and Sparkle select MDC for cable landing stations in Mexico
MDC to design, build, and operate two CLS in Cancun and Veracruz
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Tigo to invest $1bn on network infrastructure in Honduras
The investment will support Tigo's plans to expand mobile coverage in Honduras
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Claro to invest $600m in Ecuador on network infrastructure
The carrier will invest that money over the next three years
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Argentina's SkyOnline signs energy deal with YPF Luz to offset data center energy use
The contract provides for the supply of approximately 7,200 MWh per year over a three-year period.
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América Móvil explores possible Colombian acquisition - report
As the carrier seeks to expand its presence in the country
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Kio begins construction of MEX8 facility in Mexico City
Facility to offer 4MW
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Equinix signs wind PPA with Auren Energia in Brazil
Company aims to secure renewable energy for the expansion of data centers and AI in Brazil
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Brazil's Serpro to build two data centers to expand processing capacity
Expansion includes units in Brasília and São Paulo and use of Telebras infrastructure
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Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte partners with Hitachi Vantara of data center migration
Banorte moves from data center in Mexico City to Querétaro
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Liberty Costa Rica pairs with Ericsson to launch commercial 5G services
The two companies signed a six-year 5G Standalone partnership last year
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Google invests $500 million in Dominican Republic connectivity hub
Plans cables connecting Caribbean country to US
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Terranova launches in Mexico with its first data center campus
The chosen location is the Querétaro region, where a large number of data centers are already located
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IHS Towers to sell Latin American assets to Macquarie
As MTN Group agrees to acquire the company
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Microsoft on pace for $50bn AI investment in "global south"
Some of which will be spent on AI infrastructure
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Microsoft brings two data halls online in São Paulo, Brazil
Part of 2024 commitment to invest $2.7bn in the country
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Legrand acquires Brazil's Green4T
Second acquisition of 2026
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USP launches Latin America’s largest AI cluster
The infrastructure will feature Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPUs and specialized engineering from the systems integrator Scherm Brasil