Latin American operator Kio Data Centers has announced the construction of GTM2, its second data center in Guatemala.

GTM2 will be located in Condado Naranjo, Mixco, in the metropolitan area of Guatemala City. The company aims to invest more than $20 million in the project.

Kio already operates a data center in Guatemala, the GTM1, which has a capacity of approximately 385kW. This new facility will scale up to 1MW in its initial phase, with a design that will support rack densities of 8-12kW.

Construction will take between 12 and 16 months, with operations expected to start in the first quarter of 2027.

Founded in 2002 and owned by I Squared Capital since 2021, Kio operates 20 data centers in Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Colombia. The company’s 13 core data centers offer a combined 26MW of IT capacity.

Kio previously had two facilities in the US, but sold them to Zayo in 2017; both are now operated by DataBank. It recently sold its Spanish operations to El Corte Inglés.