The Paulínia GRU Technology Campus is a hyperscale data-centre development by CloudHQ in São Paulo state, Brazil, positioned as the company’s first major facility in Latin America.
The campus is laid out for up to six buildings, with the initial phase comprising three buildings each designed for 48 MW of IT load, for a combined capacity of 144 MW in phase one. When fully built out, the campus is expected to support roughly 288 MW of critical IT load, with power feed provided via an on-site high-voltage substation sized at 225 MW and scalability toward 400 MW. To connect into Brazil’s national grid, dedicated transmission lines are part of the design.Civil works are being executed by Afonso França Engenharia, with emphasis on environmental standards, safety, and critical-mission construction.
Moreover, the campus features dedicated underground fibre ducting to tie into major connectivity hubs in the region.The scale, complexity, and location of the project underscore its ambitions to position Paulínia as a strategic connective and compute hub in Brazil’s digital infrastructure landscape.
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The new Paulinia hyperscale campus cost
Reportedly, the new campus, with an investment surpassing $3 million, and a 228 capacity, will see up to six buildings constructed in the campus.
The project’s first phase would be made up of three buildings. Each of these buildings will boast 48 MW of capacity, bringing to a total of 144 MW.
With a potential of the power supplied to the campus rising up to 400 MW, the site will receive 225 MW from a dedicated power substation. By the first half of 2024, the transmission lines connecting the Paulínia hyperscale campus to the grid are expected to be completed, ensuring reliable energy access for the initial phases. The project reflects CloudHQ’s broader push into Latin America, building on its massive $4.8 billion data center campus planned for Querétaro, Mexico. Together, these developments position CloudHQ as a major player in strengthening regional cloud infrastructure while supporting the surging demand for hyperscale capacity.
Founded in 2016 by Hossein Fateh, DuPont Fabros Technology co-founder and CEO, the project is currently being undertaken by CloudHQ.
The project’s engineer
The project’s civil works are being undertaken by the Sao Paulo based construction company, Afonso França Engenharia.
The company offers services with top notch technology, respect to environment as well as safety.
Guilherme França, Afonso França Engenharia director, said that it was an honor and they were proud to take part in the establishment of the project. He added that Paulinia hyperscale campus boosts their expertise in critical mission works.
About CloudHQ
CloudHQ already owns existing as well as planned data center developments in Ashburn, Culpeper, and Manassas. It also has developments in Virginia; Minneapolis and Elk River, Minnesota; Mount Prospect, Illinois, in the US. The company is said to have established data center developments in the United
Kingdom’s London and Oxford shire as well as France’s Paris.
It claims that it also plans its future developments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Queretaro, Mexico, in Latin America. In Europe, it plans developments in Milan, Italy; Frankfurt, Germany, as well as Amsterdam, Netherlands.
