Equinix Supporting LATAM's Cloud Strategies

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The episode discusses Latin America's evolving cloud strategies and data center market with insights from Eduardo Carvalho of Equinix.

📊 Get more market insights HERE 🤝 Speak with someone from our global data team HERE 🖥️ Book a platform demo HERE Latin America accounts for just 2.2% of the world’s data center capacity but represents one of the fastest-growing opportunities in digital infrastructure. While the U.S. and Asia continue their rapid expansion, LATAM is on the brink of transformation, driven by regulatory changes, renewable energy, and rising interconnection demand. At PTC in Hawaii, Steve Sasse, VP for Latin America at datacenterHawk, spoke with Eduardo Carvalho, Managing Director for Latin America at Equinix. Carvalho, a seasoned executive in the region, shared insights on market evolution, Brazil’s regulatory shifts, Mexico’s power challenges, and the hybrid future of retail and hyperscale deployments. Brazil remains the heart of South America’s digital infrastructure, but high import taxes have long delayed hardware deployments. A critical legislative change could soon slash these tariffs from 54% to 2%, unlocking AI adoption and hyperscale growth. While hyperscalers wait for this decision before committing to large-scale projects, Equinix remains confident in its ecosystem-driven model…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Sasse

Guest: Eduardo Carvalho

Topics covered

• cloud strategies
• data center capacity
• digital infrastructure
• regulatory changes
• renewable energy
• interconnection demand
• hyperscale growth

Keywords

• Latin America
• Equinix
• data center
• cloud strategies
• hyperscale
• regulatory changes
• renewable energy
• interconnection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Equinix, datacenterHawk

Places: Latin America, Brazil, Mexico, Querétaro, Monterrey

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