Cirion Technologies, a provider of digital infrastructure and technology in Latin America, announced that the company has acquired a 15,000 square meter plot of land, located immediately adjacent to its existing high-interconnection data center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ("RIO1"), to support the expansion of its data center presence in the region.
Cirion is backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with over $71.2 billion in assets under management and an extensive portfolio of investments in communications and digital infrastructure globally.
The new plot, located in the São Cristovão neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, will support a new carrier-neutral data center facility of up to 60 Megawatts ("RIO2").
RIO2 will have access to a business-friendly environment and renewable energy sources, an already established ecosystem with more than fifty network and cloud providers, diverse metropolitan and long-distance connectivity to major cities and tech hubs in the region, and will be very close to international submarine cable networks to offer minimal latency between Latin America and other regions.
RIO2 is expected to be ready for service in 2026.
Once constructed, RIO2 will mark Cirion's fourth data center asset in Brazil and will be directly connected to the rest of Cirion's Brazilian platform through primary redundant dark fiber routes.
The Brazilian platform currently comprises three data center campuses in São Paulo ("SAO1"), Rio de Janeiro ("RIO1"), and Curitiba ("CUR1"), which are strategically located in secure, easily accessible regions, and close to major business centers, enabling greater logistical and operational agility.
RIO2 will also be integrated into Cirion's broader carrier-neutral platform, which comprises 18 data centers across Latin America.
Through its platform, Cirion provides colocation, cross-connectivity, and disaster recovery capabilities to meet the demand needs of various hyperscalers, carriers, content providers, and enterprises, and customers can connect directly to more than 100 network service providers and major public cloud providers operating in the region via peer-to-peer connectivity.
"The acquisition of this land supports the continued expansion of our data center campus in Rio de Janeiro, highlighting another important milestone in our journey to grow our platform of low-latency, interconnected data centers and establish a thriving digital ecosystem in Latin America," said Facundo Castro, CEO of Cirion Technologies.
Nelson Fonseca, president of Cirion's Data Center business unit, stated: "RIO2 will be a state-of-the-art, carrier-neutral, energy-efficient data center with direct fiber connectivity to Cirion's existing ecosystem from day one, providing interconnection-oriented colocation capacity to the region's fast-growing data center market."
