The surge in demand for data centers is driven by the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence and other data-intensive technologies. By 2025, AI-powered solutions are expected to play a pivotal role in optimizing data center efficiency and enhancing their ability to adapt to evolving market demands 

Data centers have significantly contributed to the growing energy consumption in regions worldwide. Governments and private sectors have collaborated to drive these large-scale projects

Countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile, the United States, and Spain have embarked on ambitious data center initiatives

Here are three prominent examples: 

Mexico 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest over $5 billion in the Bajío region of Mexico and support an average of more than 7,000 full-time jobs annually, contributing over $10 billion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. The tech giant recently announced the launch of the AWS Mexico region

From now on, developers, startups, entrepreneurs, as well as government, educational, financial, and nonprofit organizations, will have more options to run their applications and serve end users from AWS data centers located in Mexico

United States 

At the end of 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion investment from the Damac Group for the construction of new data centers

Trump stated that the first phase of the investments will take place in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana, describing it as essential to maintaining the United States’ competitiveness in emerging technologies worldwide

« The investment will support the construction of massive new data centers across the Midwest and the Sun Belt, helping keep the United States at the forefront of technology and artificial intelligence, » Trump declared in a press conference

Spain 

The year 2024 marked Spain’s consolidation as a key destination for telecommunications infrastructure in Southern Europe

Microsoft announced the expansion of its three data processing centers in Madrid and the construction of three more in Aragón

Meanwhile, Amazon is working to significantly enhance the capacity of its three existing data centers in the country. Additionally, the Talavera de la Reina campus project has been approved by the Castilla-La Mancha government, alongside many other developments led by smaller companies

The rise of digital services and the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have driven a continuous increase in the volume of data being processed and stored daily

To meet this demand, more data centers must be built—facilities where all this information is processed and managed. Spain has emerged as an ideal location for hosting these centers due to its competitive energy costs, strong renewable energy generation capacity, robust fiber-optic infrastructure, and direct connection to America via submarine cables, which will soon channel 70% of transatlantic internet traffic 

As seen in these three examples, strategic countries in North America, Latin America, and Europe have entered a new phase of data center construction, presenting significant business opportunities for telecommunications companies

David Monarque Saenz
Director of Commercial Channels LATAM