Data Center Space in São Paulo

São Paulo concentrates over 60% of Brazil's data centre capacity and is the undisputed hub for Latin America. Brazil's GDP is larger than all other South American countries combined, and São Paulo is the country's financial and technology capital. The city hosts all major cloud provider regions (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle), the IX.br internet exchange, and serves as the primary landing point for transatlantic submarine cables connecting Latin America to Europe and North America.

Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) is the country's comprehensive data protection law, modelled on GDPR. It requires organisations to implement technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, maintain records of processing activities, and report data breaches. While LGPD does not mandate strict data localisation, many enterprises choose to keep Brazilian customer data within the country for compliance simplicity and lower legal risk.

IX.br (formerly PTT.br) is Latin America's largest internet exchange point, operated by NIC.br. Located in São Paulo, it handles over 20 Tbps of peak traffic and connects more than 2,000 autonomous systems. Data centres with direct IX.br connectivity offer significantly lower latency and reduced transit costs for traffic within Brazil and across Latin America, making it a critical factor in colocation provider selection.