American telecommunications provider Level 3 has completed the expansion of its data center in São Paulo, Brazil. Work included the construction of a 20 MW substation to serve two new data halls.

According to local website Telesintese, the company has almost completed the upgrade of another two facilities in the region, located in Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The cost of the expansion project was not disclosed.

Last week, Level 3 completed the acquisition of its competitor TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications) for US$7.3 billion.

On the level
Level 3 is a global communications provider headquartered in Colorado. It operates major fiber optic networks, including submarine cables, and offers core transport, IP, voice, video streaming and content delivery services to ISPs across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Based on the coverage area, Level 3 the second largest provider of fiber optic internet access in the US. To support its operations, the company and its partners run a network of more than 350 data centers, 14 of them in Latin America.

One such data center is located in Cotia, a small city in the state of São Paulo. It has just added two data halls, supported by 20MW of power. Level 3 plans to use the facility to host public cloud infrastructure and improve its content delivery networks.

Level 3’s director of data center business André Magno told Telesintese that occupancy for the company’s data centers in Brazil currently stands at 70-80 percent. He added that the recent acquisition of TW Telecom shouldn’t have an effect on operations in the region.

TW Telecom was responsible for more than 27,000 route miles of fiber and more than 10,000 connected commercial buildings in the US.

"We know our customers' needs are changing, and by bringing together these two great, customer-focused companies, we are taking the next step in the evolution of Level 3 and bringing us closer to realizing our vision of being the trusted connection to the networked world,” said Jeff Storey, president and CEO of Level 3.

Despite its dominance in the American broadband wholesale market, Level 3 has failed to achieve an annual profit since the 1998 initial public offering. The company surely hopes that a deal of this size will reverse its fortunes.