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Data center surface area and capacity in Chile continues to grow

InvestChile - September,5,2024

At the end of the first half of the year, the surface area occupied by this type of facilities had doubled compared to the same time last year, reaching its highest point since records began. Installed capacity also recorded a significant increase. 

Topics: Global services- Technology- Data Center

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Amazon Web Services: «We will continue investing in Chile»

InvestChile - August,14,2024

The AWS Head of Solutions Architecture - South of Latin America  remarked on the company’s sustained investments in Chile over the last ten years, the integration of artificial intelligence models at Chilean companies, and how they address sustainability while developing their technology.

Topics: Global services- Data Center- US investment

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Oracle will open its second data center in Chile

InvestChile - December,15,2023

This will be in Valparaíso and required an investment of over US$ 100 million.

Topics: Data Center- Oracle

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Equinix will invest US$46 million to expand data center in Chile

InvestChile - August,14,2023

President and CEO of Equinix, Charles Meyers, has said that he expects “a significant scaling of the business in the coming years,” following the integration of operations acquired during 2022.

Topics: Technology- Data Center

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Santiago among the best cities for data center investment

InvestChile - June,20,2023

According to the analysis prepared by the real estate services company Cushman & Wakefield, Chile's capital city, which has 13 sites and an average annual demand of 15 MW, stands out because of its technological infrastructure, connectivity and institutional stability. 

Topics: Global services- Ranking- Data Center

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ClaroVTR to invest US$320 million in expanding its data center

InvestChile - May,22,2023

With this new phase, the company has made a multi-million-dollar investment in its data center, located in the municipality of Colina, to the north of Santiago.

Topics: Global services- Data Center

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Amazon begins environmental permit process for a data center in Chile

InvestChile - July,29,2022

The project from Amazon Web Services is valued at US$205 million. The 43-acre site will include two buildings to house electronic and technological equipment, host servers and store data, as well as an electricity substation. 

Topics: Global services- Data Center- US investment

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Oracle to invest in new Data Center in Chile

InvestChile - October,13,2021

This will be the US giant’s second center in the country, after the first one opened in the Metropolitan Region in December 2020. The investment amount has not been disclosed, nor was an amount reported during the construction of Oracle’s first cloud service in Chile.  

Topics: Data Center

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The 10 milestones of Google’s first decade in Chile

InvestChile - April,30,2021

In 2011, the technology company opened a small office in Santiago, Chile, motivated by the potential of a country of early adopters. Today, not only has it multiplied its services for companies and individuals but it has also invested in critical infrastructure for digital transformation throughout Latin America. 

Topics: Digital Economy- Data Center

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Microsoft announces its largest investment in Chile in 28 years

InvestChile - December,14,2020

The initiatives will generate US$11,300 million in income and create 51,000 jobs.

Topics: Data Center

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Spain’s Nabiax to expand its data center in Paine

InvestChile - December,7,2020

The multinational plans to build two new IT rooms to expand the capacity of its data center to over 2 MW.

Topics: Data Center- Spanish investment

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Huawei announces installation of second data center in Chile

InvestChile - September,28,2020

The data center will be located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and will start operation at the end of this year.

Topics: Data Center

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Investment in data centers and optical fiber reaches US$1,060 million

InvestChile - November,15,2019

Chile is estimated to have between 10 and 15 of these physical mega spaces for storing large volumes of data, and the figure is rising. These are strategic investments.

Topics: Data Center

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Four reasons why Chile is becoming Latin America’s data center hub

InvestChile - October,17,2019

International investors are increasingly setting their sights on Chile as a regional hub for data centers due to factors related to its economy, energy sector and telecommunications infrastructure.

Topics: Data Center

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Oracle announces installation of large data center in Chile in 2020

InvestChile - September,25,2019

The owner of the company and the seventh richest man in the world, Larry Ellison himself announced the news at an event in San Francisco. Chile is the second Latin American country, after Brazil, to which the company is making a strong commitment.

Topics: Digital Economy- Data Center

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Huawei announces first regional data center in Chile

InvestChile - June,14,2019

The company indicated that it expects to invest US$100 million in a first stage, but this could eventually increase.

Topics: Data Center

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Ascenty confirms construction of data center in Chile

InvestChile - June,4,2019

The center, with an investment of US$70 million, will be located in Santiago’s Quilicura district. The announcement demonstrates that Chile is positioning itself as Latin America’s leading technological hub.

Topics: Data Center

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Google to invest $140 million to expand solar-powered data center

InvestChile - September,13,2018

The expansion, announced by Google and Chilean officials, represents the company's second stage of growth for the data center in Quilicura, near Santiago, which became fully operational in 2015.

Topics: Data Center

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Data Centers in Chile: The advantages of a hyper-connected country

InvestChile - July,6,2018

For some time now, data centers have been the undisputed protagonists of news about technology. The enormous demand for online services has already meant an unprecedented level of growth of infrastructure of this type. In this context, Chile is one of Latin America’s most attractive markets for its installation.  

Topics: Data Center

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The world’s top ten extreme data centers

InvestChile - July,3,2018

Data centers are not all created equal: some of them serve and survive in the world’s most hostile environments. Here are a selection of facilities which have made extreme adaptations for locations which are above and beyond the everyday. 

Topics: Data Center

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