Brazilian company Ascenty inaugurated its third data center in Chile this week.

The Santiago facility launches after an investment of $114 million, as reported by Diario Estrategia.

Digital Realty, which partly owns Ascenty, announced the launch of the facility on LinkedIn.

The SCL03 complex (CHL03 on Digital Realty's site) is located in the municipality of Quilicura and totals 8,000 square meters (86,110 sq ft). It has a capacity for 1,000 racks across five data rooms and an installed power of 16MW. The facility is targeted for large-scale customers such as public cloud providers, digital platforms, and telecommunications companies.

SCL03 operates under international sustainability and security certifications such as ISO 27001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001, among others, and is Tier III certified, according to the Pisapapeles portal.

The data center's power needs are offset by 100 percent renewable energy. The site uses a closed-loop cooling system to reduce its water consumption to almost zero, relevant in Chile as it is the Latin American country most affected by water scarcity.

The new data center is part of Ascenty's Campus 01 in Santiago, which already has more than 42MW of installed capacity across more than 51,000 sqm (548,960 sq ft).

The campus is also carrier-neutral and offers direct connectivity to the Internet Exchange Point (PIX Chile) and major cloud providers, ensuring high-speed, low-latency connections.

The company’s first Santiago data center launched in 2020; spanning 7,000 sqm (75,350 sq ft), it offers 10MW in total power and space for 1,100 racks. The company launched Santiago 2 in August 2022. Located in the Quilicura district of the capital, the facility covers an area of 22,000 sqm (236,800 sq ft), with 16MW of IT load and capacity for up to 1,500 racks. Ascenty announced plans for a third facility in the Chilean capital in November 2022.

Ascenty is also planning the construction of two further facilities, SCL04 and SCL05, with a combined investment of more than $1 billion. The new data centers are expected to be operational between 2027 and 2028.

Digital Realty said the expansions will take the company's footprint in Chile to 150MW.

Founded in 2010, Ascenty is currently owned through a joint venture that was set up by Brookfield and Digital Realty in 2018 when they purchased the firm for $1.8bn. Both companies hold a 49 percent stake, with Ascenty founder and CEO Chris Torto owning the remaining two percent. Reports surfaced earlier this year that Brookfield Asset Management was looking to sell a minority stake in Ascenty.

This piece was automatically translated from DCD's Spanish site and edited by a member of DCD staff.