Global South·Latin America·Group: ByteDance
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A data-centre development at the Pecem port complex in Ceara, Brazil, for which Brazilian officials (not the company) have publicly identified ByteDance/TikTok as the anchor tenant; ByteDance has declined to comment, and no source specifies the AI workload.
Leveraging Brazil's renewable energy and subsea cable nodes to support short-video recommendation, data processing, and AI infrastructure; official ByteDance confirmation still pending.
Casa dos Ventos
Reuters (25 Apr 2025) gives only 300 MW initially, expandable to 900 MW, with one source citing ~1 GW total demand. The R$50 billion (~US$9.25bn) figure comes from later Reuters reporting (30 May 2025; 3 Nov 2025), under which Omnia funds ~R$12bn of infrastructure and Casa dos Ventos adds ~R$3.5bn in new wind farms. ByteDance has not officially confirmed.
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Brazil·Latin America
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Brazil·Latin America
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