The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Latin America, Google
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Google-backed Symbiosis Coalition signs 320,000 ton carbon removal deal with agroforestry firm Working Trees
Will support the conversion of degraded cattle pastures in Brazil into mixed-species silvopasture systems
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Google to double cloud capacity in Brazil in through 2030
Executives provide details on the expansion of data centers as well as the arrival of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in the country
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Google inks multi-million ton carbon removal deal with ERW firm Terradot
The hyperscaler's largest carbon removal deal to date
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Google announces three new cable projects in the Americas
Trio to land in the Dominican Republic, alongside a new branch of Firmina
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Google invests $500 million in Dominican Republic connectivity hub
Plans cables connecting Caribbean country to US
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Rio de Janeiro to be connected with the world's first wireless optical mesh network
Taara will connect schools, hospitals and public buildings in the city
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Google to purchase 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Brazilian reforestation firm Mombak
Mombak becomes the first nature restoration project selected by the Symbiosis Coalition
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Google backed Tapestry to support power infrastructure planning at 1.8GW Rio AI City project
Moonshot project will deploy GridAware tool to examine the state of the physical grid in AI City
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Google Cloud to provide AI and cloud services to Brazilian energy firm Eneva
Accenture led the migration of Eneva's infrastructure to Google Cloud
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Chile and Google to lay first submarine cable connecting Chile to Oceania
Cable will be 14,000km long
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Google partners with Recoolit and Cool Effect to remove 25,000 tons of super pollutants by 2030
Super pollutants are any gas which warms the atmosphere more potently than CO2
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Microsoft signs 12,000 ton carbon removal deal with Enhanced Rock Weathering firm Terradot
It is MSFT's fourth ERW deal
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Google signs four partnerships as part of its water stewardship program
Across watersheds that supply its data centers and offices
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Google to purchase 200k tons of carbon removal credits from Terradot
The agreement is Google's first with an enhanced rock weathering company
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Google launches Mexican cloud region in Querétaro
Region was first announced in 2022
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Google signs solar energy deals in Nebraska and Texas
And agrees carbon removal deal in Brazil
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Google pauses Chilean data center project to rethink water use
Court reversed planning permission earlier this year
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Google breaks ground on Uruguay data center
Starts work four years after first announcement
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Google's Uruguay data center approved after reformulation
First proposal raised concerns about water use following Uruguay's droughts in 2023
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Chile partially reverses Google data center permit over water use concerns
As Chilean drought continues, court asks for company to consider climate change
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Google joins consortium for Chile-Australia Humboldt cable
Update on cable first announced in 2022
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Google confirms construction of data center in Uruguay
Company has submitted environmental impact study
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Google’s Firmina subsea cable to land in Argentina this week
Work ongoing on US-Argentina cable
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LATAM Airlines moves to the cloud
Airline company has shut down its four data centers
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Brazil’s TIM to complete cloud migration this year
Will see the telecoms operator close its data centers
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Google confirms first Mexican cloud region will be in Querétaro
Search giant joins AWS, Oracle, and Microsoft in building in Querétaro
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Quantinuum names Raj Hazra as chief executive officer
Plus appointments and promotions at Switch, JLL, Equinix, and more
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Google planning first Mexican cloud region
No timeline or details given