Latin American hyperscaler Scala Data Centers is working with clean energy investor Serena on a wind power supply agreement to meet the data industry’s demand for renewable in the region.
The partnership will start in January 2025, with a possible early initiation. The renewable energy will be sourced from the Assurua 4 and Ventos da Bahia 3 wind farms located in Bahia, the Northeast Region of Brazil, with a total installed capacity of 393 MW.
Omega Energia and EDF Renewables were earlier partners in developing the third phase of the Ventos da Bahia wind project. GE Renewable (Now GE Vernova) supplied the turbines.
Scala will hold a stake in the assets, thus tripling the amount of renewable energy available to serve its clients for over a decade.
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The agreement highlights Serena's expertise in developing clean and renewable energy solutions to support its partners. It will help Scala to strengthen data center infrastructure in Latin America while minimizing environmental impact.
The transaction is subject to regulatory and stakeholder approvals.
Latin America’s data center demand is rising and reached about 73.3 MW earlier this year in net absorption, according to real estate management firm CBRE. Markets such as Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Santiago, Chile, are projected to expand data center capacity dramatically.
In the U.S., some 47 GW of new data center capacity construction is expected by the end of the decade, according to Goldman Sachs. This growth would push data center electricity demand to 9% of U.S. generation by 2030, the Electric Power Research Institute concluded.
