Data Center Site Selection in Latin America

The Short Answer

Data center site selection in Latin America turns on the same five questions in every country: power, water, who is allowed to buy the land, title and zoning, and permits. The questions are the same from Querétaro to Santiago. The answers are not. A rule that is routine in Chile can void a sale in Brazil, and a broker who needs no licence in Colombia needs a registration number in Peru.

The capacity is concentrated. JLL's year-end 2025 report says Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia account for more than 90% of the region's data center market. CBRE tracks the main metro in each of them (São Paulo, Querétaro, Santiago and Bogotá) and counted 1,045 MW of colocation inventory in the first quarter of 2026, up 41.3% in a year. Trade coverage of CBRE's global report describes Latin America as the fastest-growing region, ahead of North America.

This page is the regional overview. It compares ten countries, summarizes the four largest markets, and links to a full guide for each: Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. It also covers Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia in brief. Everything here is dated October 2, 2026, and several rules changed in the last few weeks.

The five questions that decide a site in every country:

• Power. How many megawatts can the site get, from which substation, and by when. Every country below has a queue or a new large-load rule.
• Water. Whether a water right exists, whether it can move to a new owner or a new use, and whether the community will accept it.
• Who can buy. Most data center buyers are foreign-backed. Rural land, border zones and communal land carry limits that differ by country.
• Title and zoning. A current registry certificate, and proof the land is urban, industrial or legally convertible.
• Permits. Environmental review of the building, the power line and the backup generators, plus a municipal licence.

Why Latin America Is on the Data Center Map

Cloud regions. The large cloud providers have built or announced regions in the four main markets. AWS has an existing São Paulo region, launched its Mexico (Central) region in Querétaro on January 14, 2025 with a commitment of more than US$5 billion over 15 years, and announced a Chile region on May 7, 2025 (more than US$4 billion, three availability zones, target "by end of 2026"). As of September 2026 the Chile region was still described as planned. Microsoft runs Brazil South, opened Mexico Central in Querétaro in May 2024 and launched Chile Central on June 19, 2025. Google Cloud operates in São Paulo and Santiago and opened Querétaro in December 2024. Oracle lists regions in São Paulo, Vinhedo, Santiago, Valparaíso, Bogotá, Querétaro and Monterrey. We did not find a full hyperscaler cloud region in Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador or Bolivia.

Subsea cables. Google's Firmina cable runs 14,517 km from Myrtle Beach in the United States to Praia Grande (Brazil), Punta del Este (Uruguay) and Las Toninas (Argentina). It was physically laid, but as of December 23, 2025 its activation in Brazil had been stalled for about two years awaiting licences, and we could not confirm that it is now in service. Mistral, a Telxius and América Móvil cable from Guatemala to Chile, has been in service since 2021. So has Malbec, which links Brazil and Argentina. Humboldt, a 14,800 km cable from Chile to French Polynesia and Sydney built by Google and Chile's Desarrollo País, received its coastal-use approval in the Valparaíso Region in June 2026; sources give different in-service dates. See Data Center Fiber & Connectivity for why routes matter.

AI demand, mostly on paper. The largest announcements are not operating and some are not financed. "Stargate Argentina" (OpenAI and Sur Energy, up to 500 MW) is a letter of intent only: as of September 28, 2026 there was no final investment decision, no construction start and no confirmed site, although candidate sites in Neuquén province have been reported. Araico's "Iguazú AI City" in Paraguay (1.3 GW, US$12 billion) is a plan. Reuters reported on September 7, 2026 that Amazon and Alphabet were scouting Argentine Patagonia as established hubs run short of power. In Brazil, the Mines and Energy Ministry counted 38 GW of data center grid-access requests by June 2026. A request is not a project.

Renewable power. OLADE, the regional energy organization, published the renewable share of electricity generation for September 2025: Paraguay 100%, Uruguay 100%, Costa Rica 98%, Venezuela 92%, Ecuador 90%, Brazil 89%, Colombia 86%, Panama 74% and Chile 70%, against a regional figure of 65%. This is a single month. Hydro supplied 45.7% of the regional total, and hydro-heavy systems swing with drought, as Ecuador shows below.

Country Comparison: Ten Markets in One Table

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The market-size column cannot be read as a ranking by itself. CBRE counts colocation inventory in one metro per country. JLL counts colocation across a country or the region. Cushman & Wakefield uses a broader definition that appears to include hyperscale self-build, which is why it reports 2,100 MW operational in Brazil and 624 MW in Chile. National associations and local brokers (MEXDC, CABASE, Colliers, Binswanger) each use their own scope. No single public source gives operating, under-construction and planned megawatts for every country, so each figure above names its source and date.

The Big Four: Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Colombia

On CBRE's metro count, São Paulo and Querétaro are the two largest markets in Latin America. Within South America, Brazil, Chile and Colombia are the top three. Brazil is far ahead on every source. Chile is a clear second. Colombia is third on the standard broker rankings: CBRE tracks Bogotá but not Buenos Aires or Lima, JLL names Colombia among the four countries that account for more than 90% of the regional market, and Colombia has the stronger financed pipeline, with more than 200 MW upcoming according to Arizton.

Two caveats apply. On Cushman & Wakefield's broader count, Argentina has 73 MW operating, which is in the same range as or above Bogotá's 44 to 55 MW of colocation, so third place is close on operating megawatts. And if crypto-mining sites are counted as data centers, Paraguay would rank third by raw megawatts, with more than 400 MW. That is mining load, not cloud or colocation capacity.

Mexico

The Mexican Data Center Association (MEXDC) counts about 279 MW operating, 205 MW under construction and 1,730 MW announced, with about 72% in Querétaro. CBRE measured 298.2 MW of colocation in Querétaro in the first quarter of 2026, up 450.2% in a year, and vacancy there rose from 0.9% to 10.6% after a wave of deliveries. Industry sources put the time to connect a large load at about five years, because more than 60% of the transmission network runs near capacity.

Three land rules matter most. Since December 12, 2025, water concessions can no longer be transferred between private parties or changed from agricultural to industrial use. Foreigners cannot directly own land within 100 km of the borders or 50 km of the coasts, although a Mexican company with foreign capital can own land there for non-residential use. And ejido land (land held collectively under the agrarian law) can host a data center only through a lease, a contribution to a company, or conversion to private title. Read the Mexico guide.

Brazil

JLL counts 706 MW of installed capacity operating in Brazil, 660 MW under construction and a further 4,621 MW in the pipeline as of mid-2026, with national vacancy at 4% and São Paulo holding 38% of the megawatts. Cushman & Wakefield counts 661 MW operating in the São Paulo–Campinas corridor alone. The firms measure differently. Grid access changed with Decree 12,772 of December 5, 2025: the first-come queue was replaced by "access seasons" run by the grid operator ONS, with a competitive process where requests exceed capacity. DCD Brasil reported in June 2026 waits of up to five years, with Greater São Paulo unavailable through 2030.

Law 5,709/1971 limits rural land purchases by foreigners, and on April 23, 2026 the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled unanimously that Brazilian companies controlled by foreigners are treated as foreigners. Non-compliant purchases are void. Urban land is unrestricted, so the rural-to-urban conversion path matters. A federal tax incentive for data centers (REDATA, Law 15,504/2026) was published on September 15, 2026. Brokerage requires CRECI registration. Read the Brazil guide.

Chile

Colliers counts 255 MW operating in 36 data centers as of the first half of 2026, more than 120 MW under construction and 367.8 MW planned through 2031. CBRE reports Santiago vacancy at 3.3%, the lowest of the four metros it tracks. About 2 GW of data center load is seeking a grid connection, against 407 MW from seven facilities connected between June 2020 and May 2026.

Foreign buyers can generally purchase private land freely. Rural land needs favourable reports from the agricultural service (SAG) and the regional housing ministry office before a building permit can be issued, under Article 55 of the planning law. Since January 21, 2026, a power line triggers environmental assessment only if it is above 23 kV and longer than 2 km. Water is the sensitive issue: Google gave up its Cerrillos permit in 2024 after a court ruling on groundwater. Chile has no broker licence. Read the Chile guide.

Colombia

Portafolio reports about 50 MW installed in Colombia, expected to reach about 80 MW by the end of 2026. Arizton says Bogotá holds more than 98% of national capacity and that upcoming capacity will exceed 200 MW. The largest project is ODATA's US$1.3 billion pair of campuses in Mosquera (24 MW) and Tenjo (up to 120 MW). CBRE reports Bogotá vacancy at 18.7%, the highest of the four metros.

Power is the constraint. Large users connecting at transmission level can file with the planning unit UPME only in the first five business days of January and May, under Resolution 443 of June 17, 2026. The system operator XM reported a firm-energy shortfall of 7,207 GWh-year for 2026–27 in one bulletin and 7,669 GWh-year in the next. On rural-suburban land, industrial buildings may cover no more than 30% of the lot. Colombia has no national broker licence. Read the Colombia guide.

The Rest of South America

These six markets are small today. Each has one or two rules that decide whether a site can be sold to a foreign-backed data center buyer at all.

Argentina

Market. The internet chamber CABASE counted about 32 MW across 13 data centers above 1 MW in May 2026, 71% of it in Buenos Aires City. Cushman & Wakefield counted 73 MW operational in August 2026. The sources conflict, so both are shown. The large AI proposals are in Patagonia and none is operating. The RIGI investment regime (Law 27,742) had approved 21 projects as of August 13, 2026, none of them in technology. A "Súper RIGI" bill that names AI data centers was still pending in Congress as of September 28, 2026 and is not law.

Power. Resolución 264/2026 of the Secretaría de Energía, published in the Official Gazette on September 25, 2026, creates a regime for very large loads. Loads of roughly 80 MW and above must contract at least 80% of their monthly energy from new generation, and data centers must hold firm capacity equal to 115% of their peak. Shortfalls carry surcharges of 100% on energy and 400% on capacity. In practice a large site must come with its own new power supply.

Land, as of October 2, 2026. This is unsettled. Law 26,737 of 2011 capped foreign ownership of rural land at 15% nationally and 1,000 hectares per foreign owner in the core zone. A December 2023 decree (DNU 70/2023, Article 154) repealed it. In March 2024 a federal appeals court declared that article unconstitutional, which kept the limits alive. On September 29, 2026 the Supreme Court revoked that court decision for lack of standing, so the repeal is in force and the cap is currently not in effect. The Court said it was not ruling on whether the repeal is constitutional. On October 2, 2026 two deputies filed a new injunction request to suspend Article 154, and the Chamber of Deputies has a session on the decree scheduled for October 15, 2026. Treat the position as "repealed today, could be suspended again." Separately, foreigners and foreign-controlled companies still need prior approval to acquire property in frontier security zones under Decree-Law 15,385/44, which matters for much of Patagonia.

Brokers. Matriculation with the provincial Colegio de Corredores or Martilleros is mandatory under Law 20,266. A bill to make it voluntary had not been approved in the latest reports found (June 2026).

What a landowner should know: foreign buyers face no rural-land cap this week, but that rests on a procedural ruling under fresh challenge, and any site above about 80 MW must bring new generation.

Peru

Market. Binswanger counted 14 operating data centers in Lima in April 2026, with about 33.35 MW installed. Lurín, in south Lima, has three sites, each reported as able to reach 20 to 25 MW, and 68% of installed power. That cluster is where hyperscale-size sites are.

Power. We found no large-load rule specific to data centers.

Land. Article 71 of the Constitution bars foreigners from acquiring or holding land, directly or through a company, within 50 km of the borders, unless a supreme decree declares public necessity. Lima is far outside that strip. Land owned by a peasant community (comunidad campesina) can be sold only after an extraordinary general assembly: on the coast, at least 50% of the members attending (with quorum); in the highlands and jungle, two-thirds of all qualified members, with the power of attorney registered first (Law 26,505). Title is checked at the public registry SUNARP, and many rural titles are incomplete.

Brokers. Law 29,080 requires every agent, individual or company, to be on the real estate agent registry of the housing ministry (MVCS). Registration lasts three years.

What a landowner should know: community land needs a formal vote and registered powers before it can be sold, and you should work only with an MVCS-registered agent.

Uruguay

Market. Data Center Map lists 10 facilities, eight of them in Montevideo. A national MW total was not found. Google's campus in Canelones (more than US$850 million, up to 64 MW) is under construction, with opening projected for January 2027 as reported in September 2025. The state telecom Antel announced a US$70 million AI data center in Canelones in August 2026.

Power. The state utility UTE supplies a grid that was 100% renewable in September 2025, according to OLADE.

Land. Uruguay is generally open to foreign buyers. Law 18,092 requires rural land to be held by individuals, or by entities whose capital is entirely in registered shares held by individuals, unless the Executive authorizes another structure for a named property. Law 19,283 bars the Executive from authorizing rural ownership by companies controlled by foreign states or sovereign funds.

The Canelones lesson. Google's original design would have used 7.6 million litres of potable water a day and was proposed during the 2023 drought. Google redesigned to air cooling and a smaller project, and the Environment Ministry approved it in 2024. Neighbours still object over 27 diesel generators.

Brokers. Law 20,380, promulgated September 25, 2024, makes registration mandatory. The law had not been regulated and the registry was not operating as of April 2026.

What a landowner should know: the grid is clean, but large projects are judged on water and local air emissions, and a company buying rural land needs a compliant share structure or a government authorization.

Paraguay

Market. Conventional colocation is small and no MW total was found. The large loads are crypto mining: HIVE Digital alone has 400 MW at two sites, mostly Bitcoin mining. The AI campus proposals (Araico at 1.3 GW, X8 Cloud, a Taiwan-backed 10 MW first phase at feasibility stage) are plans.

Power. The state monopoly ANDE supplies hydropower from Itaipú and other dams. The industry minister says the grid can deliver only about 5 GW today. Tariffs for intensive users rose from about US$0.03/kWh to US$0.051–0.06/kWh at medium voltage, according to Hashrate Index. In early 2026 the government issued Decrees 5306/2026 and 5307/2026 with special tariffs for AI, cloud and related industries. The Executive revoked them on June 9, 2026. A July 2026 report says the country lacks a settled framework for data centers and long-term power arrangements.

Land. Law 2,532/05 sets a 50 km security strip along the borders in which nationals of neighbouring countries (Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia), and entities they majority-own, may not own rural property without a presidential decree. Other foreigners are not covered. Hernandarias, next to Itaipú, sits inside the strip.

Brokers. We could not confirm a dedicated brokerage statute. One legal commentary says brokers fall under the Civil Code and the Merchant Law, which requires registration as a merchant. Check with local counsel.

What a landowner should know: the hydropower is real, but price and term are negotiated case by case with ANDE, and Brazilian- or Argentine-backed buyers face the border bar.

Ecuador

Market. Small, centred on Guayaquil and Quito. Telconet has four facilities and plans a Quito AI hub of 10 MW, expandable to 100 MW by 2028.

Power. About 90% of generation is renewable, mostly hydro, and that is the weakness. After low flows at the Coca Codo Sinclair plant from mid-September 2026, the government ordered 48-hour disconnections for 185 high-voltage users, Primicias reports, from September 29, 2026 (about 129 MW) and raised its demand-reduction target to 500 MW.

Land. Foreign individuals and foreign legal entities may not acquire land in national security zones or protected natural areas, with exceptions for those domiciled in Ecuador for at least five consecutive years. The exact width of the border zone is not confirmed; check with local counsel.

Brokers. Only licensed brokers may intermediate, and licences are issued by provincial broker associations.

What a landowner should know: industry is being disconnected right now, so a data center buyer will require its own generation.

Bolivia

Market and power. Very small. We found no notable projects and did not confirm the power rules.

Land. Article 262 of the Constitution sets a 50 km border security zone in which foreigners may not acquire property unless a law declares national necessity. A September 2026 guide for foreign buyers describes it as strictly enforced and says foreigners in principle cannot directly acquire rural land.

Brokers. Supreme Decree 5690 of August 31, 2026 creates a mandatory national registry of real estate service providers. Implementing rules were due within 30 business days, which is about mid-October 2026. Before this there was no licence.

What a landowner should know: border and rural land are effectively off-limits to direct foreign buyers, so expect local-company structures and local counsel.

Venezuela. There is no bankable data center market for U.S.-backed buyers. The Government of Venezuela and the state oil company remain blocked under U.S. sanctions. Since early 2026 the U.S. Treasury has issued general licences for oil, minerals and some banking, but there is no general licence for broad commercial, real estate or technology investment, and licences can be withdrawn. A U.S. broker should not take assignments there without sanctions counsel.

Panama. A regional interconnection hub with about 74% renewable generation in September 2025 (OLADE). No MW total was found. Brokerage requires a licence from the Junta Técnica de Bienes Raíces under Decree-Law 6 of 1999, open to Panamanian nationals and to foreigners with five or more years of residence.

Costa Rica. About 20 MW across four facilities, according to the Tico Times (May 2026). The grid was 98.6% renewable in 2025 but 86.8% in 2024, when the country rationed electricity during a severe drought. There is no mandatory broker licence.

Power: The Common Constraint

Every country on this page has more data center demand than its grid can connect quickly. What differs is how each one rations access. A landowner who knows the local rule can describe a site in the terms a buyer's power team uses.

• Brazil. Access to the transmission grid is now allocated in "access seasons" run by ONS, at least two a year, under Decree 12,772/2025. By June 2026, 38 of 61 pending connection requests at ONS were data centers. An old access opinion (parecer de acesso) is not revalidated under the new policy, and the regulator ANEEL has required financial guarantees: about R$77 million in one case in May 2026.
• Chile. About 2 GW of data center capacity is seeking connection through the national grid coordinator's open-access process. Only 407 MW was connected between June 2020 and May 2026. The energy commission CNE warned in May 2026 that infrastructure is lagging demand. No official typical time to power was found.
• Colombia. UPME accepts transmission-level connection requests only in the first five business days of January and May. It issues its decision by the end of April or August, or by the end of December if grid expansion is needed. Around Bogotá, the energy ministry says about 400 MW of new demand depends on two transmission lines expected in mid and late 2027.
• Mexico. Industry sources estimate about five years from permitting to energization for a large load. More than 60% of the transmission network runs near maximum capacity.
• Argentina. Since Resolución 264/2026, a load of about 80 MW or more must contract 80% of its energy from new generation and back 115% of its peak with firm capacity. The grid will not simply absorb it.
• Paraguay. Itaipú's capacity is 14,000 MW, and Paraguay's half supplies about 86% of national demand, but the industry minister puts deliverable grid capacity at about 5 GW. With the special tariff decrees revoked in June 2026, each large user negotiates with ANDE.
• Ecuador. High-voltage industrial users have been ordered offline in 48-hour blocks since September 29, 2026.

A transmission line on the map is not a power answer. A grid-access document with megawatts and a date on it is.

For the sizing math, see How Much Power Does a Data Center Need? and Powered Land for Data Centers.

Water and Community: Five Cases

Water and community consultation have stopped, reshaped or put under challenge flagship projects in five countries. The pattern is consistent enough that buyers now treat it as a site-selection screen.

• Uruguay, Canelones. Google's first design called for 7.6 million litres of potable water a day and was proposed during the 2023 drought. The project was approved in 2024 only after a redesign to air cooling and a smaller footprint.
• Chile, Cerrillos. Google's 2020 approval allowed 169 litres per second from the Santiago Central Aquifer. In February 2024 an environmental court partially annulled it and ordered the effects of climate change on the aquifer to be assessed. Google gave up the permit and relaunched the project in June 2026 as an air-cooled design. Opposition groups have asked the environmental agency to require a full evaluation.
• Mexico, Querétaro. Some communities near data center clusters get water only a few days a week, and residents are demanding usage data that is covered by confidentiality agreements. Data centers inside industrial parks there have been exempt from environmental impact reports, which has become a controversy of its own.
• Brazil, Pecém. The TikTok data center in Caucaia, Ceará, was licensed through a simplified report. Its declared water use rose from 19,700 litres a day in the preliminary licence to 144,000 litres a day in the installation licence. In September 2026 federal prosecutors and public defenders filed a civil action seeking to block operation until new licensing and consultation of the Anacé indigenous people.
• Colombia, Tenjo. The local outlet PortalNews reported in September 2026 that the environmental licence for ODATA's campus covered the 220 kV line and substation, not the building, and that a community board president said residents were never consulted. Concerns centre on water during El Niño.

Buyers now ask early how a site will be cooled. Microsoft's Chile region uses non-evaporative cooling. AWS says its Chile design is largely air-cooled and uses water about 4% of the year. Brazil's REDATA incentive is conditioned on water use of no more than 0.05 litres per kWh. For a landowner, abundant groundwater is no longer a selling point by itself, and in some places it is a risk. See Data Center Water & Cooling.

Who Can Buy the Land: Foreign Ownership by Country

Most buyers of data center land are foreign companies or local companies under foreign control. These are the rules the research behind this guide could confirm. This is educational information, not legal advice.

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Broker Rules: Who May Broker the Deal

Carson Jones is licensed in Tennessee. He does not practice real estate brokerage outside the United States. In every country below, he works through a written co-brokerage or referral agreement with a locally authorized broker, and that broker performs the brokerage.

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Three Scenarios with the Math

These examples are illustrative. Figures marked as assumptions are chosen to show how the math works; they are not market quotes or appraisals.

Eight Mistakes Landowners and Brokers Make

1. Leading with hectares. Buyers screen by megawatts. Open with the nearest substation, its voltage and any grid-access document, in the terms the local process uses.
2. Assuming the buyer can legally own the land. Brazil voids rural purchases that break Law 5,709, Peru and Bolivia close a 50 km border strip to foreigners, and Mexico restricts border and coastal land. Check before you market.
3. Treating a water right as part of the land. In Mexico it cannot be transferred privately or switched to industrial use. In Colombia a transfer needs prior authorization. In Chile a right can lapse after five years of non-use.
4. Relying on last month's rule. Argentina's land law changed on September 29, 2026, Paraguay's tariff decrees lasted about four months, and Bolivia's broker registry is weeks old. Date every statement you make to a buyer.
5. Offering communal or indigenous land as if it were private. Ejido land in Mexico and community land in Peru need an assembly process first.
6. Pricing from headlines. A project's investment figure says nothing about land value. The published signals are modest: about R$10.9/m² in Eldorado do Sul and 4.06 UF/m² for industrial land in Lampa.
7. Ignoring the neighbours. Canelones, Cerrillos, Querétaro, Pecém and Tenjo all show that water and consultation decide timelines.
8. Using an unauthorized intermediary. Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Argentina require a licence or registration. In Brazil an unregistered intermediary may be unable to enforce a commission.

What to Send: The Universal Site Packet

The same ten items let a buyer screen a site in any country on this page. Send what you have. Gaps are normal, and knowing where they are is useful. For how developers weigh these, see Data Center Site Selection and Data Center Land Requirements.

1. Location. A map pin or coordinates.
2. Size. Hectares, and whether the parcel is one title or several.
3. Tenure and title document. A current certificate from the property registry (see the table below).
4. Rural or urban status. How the land is classified and taxed today.
5. Power. The nearest substation, its voltage, the distance and the route of any line.
6. Grid-access documents. Any request, study or response from the grid operator or utility.
7. Water. The source, and any right or concession: holder, permitted use, volume and expiry.
8. Zoning. The municipal land-use certificate or plan classification.
9. Overlays. Indigenous or communal land, border or security zones, protected areas and wetlands.
10. Authority to sign. Who owns the land and who can legally commit it.

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For Landowners

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

1. CBRE — Global Data Center Trends 2026 (Jun 17, 2026)
2. W.Media — Latin America is growing data center capacity faster than any other region (Jul 15, 2026)
3. JLL — Latin America Data Center Report, Year-end 2025 (Feb 23, 2026)
4. InvestChile — Chile hosts 15% of all data centers in Latin America (Apr 20, 2026)
5. Cushman & Wakefield Argentina — From available land to Data Center-ready sites (Aug 20, 2026)
6. OLADE — Latin America and the Caribbean Reach 65% Renewable Electricity (Sept 2025 data)
7. Capacity — 9 subsea cable projects redefining Latin America's digital future (Nov 19, 2024)
8. Econosur — Argentina and Paraguay's AI Infrastructure Bet (updated Sept 28, 2026)
9. MEXDC via Mexico Business News — Mexico targets US$82.5B data center buildout (Jun 2026)
10. JLL — Brazil Data Center Report shows record growth in 2026 (2026)
11. Mayer Brown — STF mantém, por unanimidade, o regime restritivo da Lei 5.709/1971 (Apr 27, 2026)
12. DCD Brasil — Alta demanda por conexão no grid tem espera de até 5 anos (Jun 22, 2026)
13. Intercept Brasil — Eldorado do Sul abre portas para projeto bilionário de data center (Jun 23, 2025)
14. Focus Poder — Data center do TikTok em Pecém vira alvo de ação do MPF e da DPU (Sep 14, 2026)
15. DCD — Chile proyecta 367,8 MW de nueva capacidad de data centers hasta 2031 (Sep 23, 2026)
16. DCD — Chile busca conexión para 1 GW de nuevos data centers (Aug 19, 2026)
17. SEA (Chile) — Conoce los principales cambios que considera la modificación al Reglamento del SEIA (Jan 16, 2026)
18. La Tercera — Valor del suelo urbano en la Región Metropolitana ha aumentado hasta un 75% entre 2017 y 2025 (Sep 17, 2026)
19. Arizton via GlobeNewswire — Colombia Data Center Market Portfolio Analysis 2026–2031 (Sep 29, 2026)
20. UPME (CREG gestor normativo) — Resolución UPME 443 de 2026 (Jun 17, 2026)
21. CRA gestor normativo — Decreto 4066 de 2008 (2008)
22. Fincaraíz — Lotes en venta en Funza (listings read Oct 2, 2026)
23. Review Energy — Argentina establece nuevas reglas para grandes consumos eléctricos y centros de datos (Sept 2026)
24. Infobae — Qué implica el fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre el decreto que deroga la Ley de Tierras (Sep 30, 2026)
25. Infobae — Massot y Pichetto presentaron una cautelar (Oct 2, 2026)
26. TeleSemana — Argentina busca atraer 14 data centers (CABASE) (May 6, 2026)
27. Gestión — Data centers en Lima ya superan los 65,000 m2 (Binswanger) (Apr 16, 2026)
28. Rio Times — Buying Property in Peru as a Foreigner 2026 (Sep 9, 2026)
29. ASPAI — Marco normativo del Registro del Agente Inmobiliario, Ley 29080 y su reglamento (Jan 18, 2020)
30. DCD — Google's Uruguay data center approved after reformulation (Jul 28, 2024)
31. IMPO (Uruguay) — Ley N° 18.092 (2007)
32. Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Uruguay) — Continúa el proceso de diálogo para la reglamentación de la Ley de Operador Inmobiliario (Apr 9, 2026)
33. Última Hora — Gobierno deroga decretos eléctricos para las 'industrias convergentes' (Jun 9, 2026)
34. Paraguay — Ley N° 2.532/05, FAOLEX copy (Feb 17, 2005)
35. Primicias — Empresas de alto consumo en Ecuador tendrán 48 horas de desconexión (Sep 29, 2026)
36. Los Tiempos — Gobierno crea registro obligatorio de proveedores de servicios inmobiliarios, DS 5690 (Sep 1, 2026)

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Educational information only — not legal, tax, engineering, or investment advice. Latin American land, water, energy, and brokerage rules change frequently; confirm every point with local counsel, a locally authorized broker, and the relevant authorities before acting. Carson Jones is licensed in Tennessee and does not practice real estate brokerage outside the United States; transactions there are handled by locally authorized brokers under written co-brokerage or referral agreements. Scenario figures are illustrative, not quotes or appraisals.

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