July 14 - 15, 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Agenda

DCPI-LATAM is structured around five core pillars shaping large-scale data center growth across the region:

1. Break the Energy Bottleneck: Power at Scale. Investing in and optimizing existing and new generation capacity to support large-scale data center demand as projects scale from megawatts to gigawatts.

2. Interconnection: Bridging the Transmission Gap. Addressing transmission congestion, grid access, and interconnection timelines—the most urgent physical constraint across the region.

3. Agile Governance: Aligning Policy with Infrastructure Speed. Synchronizing permitting, regulation, and grid planning with the timelines of hyperscalers, colocation providers, and developers

4. Sustainable Foundations: Water, Cooling, Workforce & Social License. Treating water availability, cooling systems, workforce capacity, and community engagement as core infrastructure requirements.

5. Capital at Scale: Financing LATAM’s Data Center Pipeline. Structuring bankable PPAs, financing models, and risk allocation – including social and community considerations that influence approvals, financing, and long-term project viability – to move projects from MOU to financial close.

Monday

July 13

12:00-5:00

Technical Visit: Brazil–EU–Germany Cooperation Activities on Data Centers, Energy and Digital Infrastructure

As data centers increasingly become a strategic topic at the intersection of digitalization, artificial intelligence, energy systems, industrial development, and international competitiveness, Brazil is attracting growing attention from international stakeholders due to its renewable energy resources, expanding digital infrastructure ecosystem, and favorable conditions for sustainable digital growth.

Building on the opportunity provided by DCPI-LATAM 2026, which will bring together leading stakeholders from the data center, digital infrastructure, energy, technology, and investment sectors in Rio de Janeiro, the German-Brazilian Energy Partnership and the EU-Brazil Digital Dialogue are organizing a series of cooperation activities aimed at fostering exchange between Brazilian, German, and European stakeholders on the sustainable development of digital infrastructure and its growing interaction with energy systems.

As part of this broader agenda, the technical visit aims to facilitate dialogue and knowledge exchange among representatives from government, industry, research institutions, associations, and the private sector on opportunities and challenges related to data centers, digital infrastructure, energy systems, and the energy transition.

Please note: Registered participants will receive information on how to submit an Expression of Interest. Capacity is limited, and participation is subject to review and confirmation by the organizers.

Tuesday

July 14

8:00-8:55

Registration & Networking

8:55-9:00

Welcome Remarks

9:00-9:15

The Gigawatt Race: Powering the LATAM Surge

2026 is an inflection point for Latin America as it transitions from a secondary market into a primary global hub for AI-ready infrastructure. With gigawatt-scale campuses moving from concept to construction, the region is leveraging its abundant resources to secure its digital future.

How can Latin America’s abundant renewable energy resources and strategic connectivity elevate the region as a global data center and digital infrastructure powerhouse?
Where are the investment opportunities in the energy and infrastructure scale-up required for hyperscale growth?
How are forward-thinking policies stimulating AI-ready infrastructure while attracting global capital?

9:15-10:00

Break the Energy Bottleneck: Scaling Generation from Megawatts to Gigawatts

To meet the massive needs of cloud campuses, Latin America must move beyond megawatts and enter the gigawatt era. The region can produce enough energy to fuel this rapid hyperscale infrastructure expansion.

How are energy producers and utilities planning for the massive jump from 20MW data centers to 500MW+ cloud and AI campuses?
What self-generation and behind-the-meter strategies are data center operators choosing while waiting for long-term transmission lines?
How do energy, fiber, and connectivity demands vary across LATAM markets — and what does this mean for where infrastructure gets built?

Eduardo Carvalho

Equinix
Managing Director, LATAM
Tiago Leite Ferreira

Alvarez & Marsal
Managing Director - AI for Infrastructure | Energy
Marcela Martins

Ascenty
Director of Energy Management
Lucas Salgado

Atlas Renewable Energy
Global Commercial Strategy Director

10:00-10:15

Regulatory Leadership: Solving Grid Congestion

As the gap between installed renewable capacity and effective grid delivery reaches a critical bottleneck, regulators are moving from simple approval processes to active infrastructure planning.

How are regulators addressing waiting times of 18 months or more, and what types of projects are prioritized?
How does government regulation ensure the grid is built where data centers actually need it?
Who is responsible for the multi-million dollar costs of building new transmission lines – the companies, the utility, or the state?

10:15-11:00

Agile Governance: Aligning Policy with Data Center Growth

With technology developing faster than policy, Latin America’s new challenge is creating regulatory frameworks that can move as fast as the gigawatt-scale projects they govern.

How can federal governments orchestrate faster multi-agency project permitting processes addressing energy, water and land availability?
How can governments take a proactive role in grid governance, ensuring transmission infrastructure is planned in coordination with data center growth, not after it?
How can regulators create frameworks that adapt to the changing needs of the AI era?

Gonzalo Mardones Hernández

Ministry of Energy, Chile
Chief of Staff
Affonso Nina

Brasscom
Executive President
Nayana Rizzo Sampaio

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Head of Public Policy, Brazil
Guilherme Zanetti Rosa

Ministry of Energy and Mines, Brazil
Director of the Department of Planning and Granting of Transmission and Distribution of Electric Energy and International Interconnections

11:00-11:45

Networking Coffee Break

11:45-12:30

Interconnection: Bridging the Transmission Gap

As grid scarcity becomes the main bottleneck for data center scale-up in Latin America, shifting responsibility for funding and accelerating high-voltage infrastructure are of critical importance.

How can data center operators and utilities build joint, long-term grid planning processes, rather than reacting to congestion after it occurs?
What country-by-country differences in energy rates and grid structures should operators factor in when planning new campuses?
What role do innovative grid solutions play in accelerating speed-to-power for data centers?

Marcos Farinha

Brazil's Energy Research Office (EPE)
Deputy Head of Transmission Expansion Studies
Luciano Fialho

Scala Data Centers
Senior Vice President
Thyago de Moura Jorge

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Senior Energy Strategy Manager, LATAM

Felipe Furcolin

Furcolin Mitidieri Advogados
Partner Moderator

12:30-12:50

Grid Solutions: Improving Speed-to-Power

Case Study

With grid delays stalling project delivery, speed-to-power is now the ultimate competitive edge. This case study explores how advanced grid solutions bypass infrastructure bottlenecks to accelerate site activation.

Evandro Marzano

Hitachi
Head of Power Consulting

12:50-2:15

Lunch Break & Networking

2:15-3:00

Financing LATAM’s Data Center Pipeline

As the Latin American pipeline enters a multibillion-dollar investment phase, financing structures are evolving to support the AI supercycle.

How are projects moving from LOI to FID in an era of grid and permitting delays?
How are private credit and infrastructure debt filling the gap as commercial banks hit concentration limits for gigawatt-scale campuses?
What makes a project ‘bankable’ for a development bank?

Rodrigo Abreu

Omnia Data Centers
CEO
Joao Carneiro

IFC
Head of Infrastructure Investments
Marcelo Sahatdjian

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Local Head of Digital Infrastructure
Joel Schimchak

Goldman Sachs
Managing Director, Investment Banking & Head of the Brazil Credit Financing Group

Natalia de Santis

Mattos Filho
Partner Moderator

3:00-3:20

Cooling: Scaling Advanced Technologies

Case Study

As demand pushes rack densities toward the 100kW+ thermal wall, air cooling is no longer a viable option. This case study examines how advanced cooling solutions are allowing data centers to scale in water and power-efficient ways.

3:20-4:05

Commercial De-Risking: Energy Volatility, PPAs, and RECs

In an era of grid volatility and strict ESG mandates, contractual and technical strategies — from PPAs to BESS — are needed to secure commercially viable hyperscale investments.

How are developers structuring PPAs in markets with high energy price volatility and shifting regulatory frameworks?
How can operators move beyond RECs to satisfy the strict ESG mandates of hyperscalers?
How is energy storage evolving from a technical necessity into a critical factor for commercial viability?

Rafael Bomeny

ODATA
CFO & Co-founder
Clayton Roberto Marcondes

CPFL Soluções
Commercial Manager, Energy Markets
Camila Ramos

CELA – Clean Energy Latin America
CEO and Founder

Marcelo Lando

Eternum Energy
President Moderator

4:05-6:00

World Cup Semi-Final Watch Party

Join us to enjoy an informal networking opportunity as we gather to watch the World Cup Semi-Final together in the beautiful scenery of the Sheraton Grand Rio Resort & Hotel.

4:05-5:05

Regulation: How will AI laws impact demand?

Networking Roundtable

Flexible Grid Demand: Collaborative Planning with Utilities

Networking Roundtable

4:05-5:05

Offtake Opportunities: Hyperscale, AI & Neoclouds

Networking Roundtable

Solving the Workforce Shortage

Networking Roundtable

4:05-5:05

Operational Resilience: Managing Energy, Water & Resources at Scale

Networking Roundtable

6:05-8:00

Networking Drinks

Wednesday

July 15

7:30-9:00

Registration & Networking

8:00-9:00

Women in Data Centers

Breakfast

Breakfast for bridging the talent gap: fostering diverse leadership to power Latin America’s multi-megawatt infrastructure boom.

Luciana Costa

BNDES
Director of Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Climate Change
Marcela Martins

Ascenty
Director of Energy Management
Cora Nogueira

Elea Data Centers
ESG Executive Manager
Camila Ramos

CELA – Clean Energy Latin America
CEO and Founder

Ioana Marins

New Energy Events
Director of Business Development Moderator

9:00-9:05

Opening Remarks

9:05-9:45

Moving from Edge to Cloud: Securing Off-takers

The growth of AI, cloud & digitalization is rapidly increasing demand for data center scale-up across LATAM.

AI, neoclouds, and digitalization: How are new demand profiles reshaping the business case for multi-megawatt campuses?
What role will AI regulation across the region play in attracting new demand?
How can public-private initiatives such as Rio AI City stimulate infrastructure growth?

Fernanda Belchior

Elea Data Centers
Marketing & Sales Director
Sidney Levy

Invest.Rio
President

Alex Jucius

Ezyre
Founder & Principal Moderator

10:00-10:45

Latency & Power Proximity: Locating the Next Data Centers

Increasing grid congestion in the well-established hubs of Latin America is forcing a pivot towards energy-rich locations, where connectivity levels vary significantly.

How can developers balance the demand for low-latency in established hubs with the power availability of remote regions?
What role does connectivity infrastructure play in attracting hyperscaler demand?
How can operators identify the prime locations and fast-track permitting to ensure “speed-to-power” in emerging hubs of Brazil, Argentina or Paraguay?

Brigida Miola

State of Ceará
Executive Secretary for Industry
Alexandre Simcsik

Cirion Technologies
VP Construction & Operations
Lais Tovar

Light
Head of Customer Experience & Operations

Daniel Correia

datacenterHawk
Principal Analyst Moderator

10:45-11:15

Networking Coffee Break

11:15-12:00

Supply Chain: Optimizing Cost, Lead-Time and Sustainability

As Latin America scales up, developers face high import taxes and volatile lead times for critical infrastructure like transformers, switchgear or IT equipment.

How can operators mitigate lead-time for critical power and IT equipment that currently delay project delivery?
What impact will legislation, Free Trade Zones or nearshoring have on streamlining imports and making projects bankable?
How can procurement strategies balance speed with sustainability mandates and local content requirements?

Pablo Amarelle

Bahia Blanca Free Trade Zone
General Manager
Arturo Bravo Wheeler

MEXDC
Honorary Member
João Braz

Port of Açu
Industrial Development and Logistics Director
Fabio Feijo

ZPE Ceara
President

Francisco Werneck

Pinheiro Netto
Partner Moderator

12:00-12:45

Energy Economics: Optimizing Cost, Reliability and Sustainability at Scale

As hyperscaler campuses push toward GW-scale, operators face mounting pressure to balance energy costs against reliability, sustainability mandates, and speed-to-power, with no single solution fitting all markets.

How do energy costs and tariff structures across LATAM markets affect the business case for self-generation vs. grid-sourced power?
What is the true total cost of ownership when factoring in BESS, backup generation, and grid connection fees – and how do operators model this at gigawatt scale?
How do you avoid over-indexing on cheap energy today at the expense of long-term sustainability commitments and bankability?

Juliano Martins

ABBEolica
New Business Coordinator
Joaquin Muñoz

Genneia
Senior Development Manager
Alexandre Oliveira

Auren Energia
Executive Manager of New Business

Mark Sanchez

SouthBridge Infrastructure
Founder Moderator

12:45-1:20

Connection Corridors: Sustaining The New Generation of Data Center Growth

As subsea and terrestrial fiber expansions redraw the digital map of LAC, strategic connection corridors are emerging as the vital infrastructure needed to de-risk gigawatt-scale investments.

How are subsea cable expansions on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts reshaping Latin America’s role as a global data hub?
How can terrestrial backbones such as the Bioceanic Corridor provide networks to de-risk GW-scale investments?
How can innovative fiber networks transform energy islands into viable hyperscaler hubs?

Alvaro Britto

Ufinet
Vice President, Strategic Development
Martin Kohoutek

German Datacenter Association
Director General
Fred Vasconcelos

Information Technology Agency for the State of Pernambuco
President
Guilherme Vieira

Conecta Infra
Chief Revenue Officer

Pedro Ozores

BNamericas
ICT Managing Editor Moderator

1:20-2:30

Networking Lunch

2:30-3:45

Brazil

Country Working Groups

As the largest data center market in Latin America, 2026 is a critical year for the country’s digital success. Policies like REDATA and hyperscaler demand are positioning Brazil as the region’s leader in AI-ready infrastructure.

Mexico

Country Working Groups

Mexico’s advanced digital demand, industrial expertise and abundant energy resources are positioning the country as one of the region’s primary growth engines. Public and private partnerships are key to modernizing the grid and solving the ‘speed-to-power’ bottleneck to unlock hyperscaler demand.

2:30-3:45

Chile

Country Working Groups

Chile’s abundant renewable resources and strategic Pacific connectivity are driving a surge in hyperscaler investment. Innovating in water-efficient solutions and public adoption strategies, the country is creating a blueprint for long-term bankability.

Colombia

Country Working Groups

Colombia’s hydro and renewable energy abundance is increasingly seen by regional and global hyperscalers as a potential for data center expansion. With pledged investments in the country’s grid, Colombia is well-positioned to rapidly scale from edge to cloud facilities.

2:30-3:45

Argentina

Country Working Groups

Argentina is emerging as a digital interest powerhouse, with new opportunities opening up in the country’s vast and energy abundant regions such as Bahía Blanca or Patagonia. As policy stabilizes, tax incentives are becoming the key to moving beyond LOIs for projects.

Emerging Data Center Markets

Country Working Groups

Latin America’s data centers are expanding beyond its major markets. Uruguay’s 100% renewable grid and already operational facilities, Paraguay’s energy surplus, and Central America’s firm energy abundance, particularly in the growing markets of Guatemala and Costa Rica, are among the opportunities not to be missed across the region.

3:45-3:50

Agenda

DCPI-LATAM is structured around five core pillars shaping large-scale data center growth across the region:

Technical Visit: Brazil–EU–Germany Cooperation Activities on Data Centers, Energy and Digital Infrastructure

Registration & Networking

Welcome Remarks

The Gigawatt Race: Powering the LATAM Surge

Break the Energy Bottleneck: Scaling Generation from Megawatts to Gigawatts

Regulatory Leadership: Solving Grid Congestion

Agile Governance: Aligning Policy with Data Center Growth

Networking Coffee Break

Interconnection: Bridging the Transmission Gap

Grid Solutions: Improving Speed-to-Power

Case Study

Lunch Break & Networking

Financing LATAM’s Data Center Pipeline

Cooling: Scaling Advanced Technologies

Case Study

Commercial De-Risking: Energy Volatility, PPAs, and RECs

World Cup Semi-Final Watch Party

Regulation: How will AI laws impact demand?

Networking Roundtable

Flexible Grid Demand: Collaborative Planning with Utilities

Networking Roundtable

Offtake Opportunities: Hyperscale, AI & Neoclouds

Networking Roundtable

Solving the Workforce Shortage

Networking Roundtable

Operational Resilience: Managing Energy, Water & Resources at Scale

Networking Roundtable

Networking Drinks

Registration & Networking

Women in Data Centers

Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Moving from Edge to Cloud: Securing Off-takers

The Social License to Operate

Case Study

Latency & Power Proximity: Locating the Next Data Centers

Networking Coffee Break

Supply Chain: Optimizing Cost, Lead-Time and Sustainability

Energy Economics: Optimizing Cost, Reliability and Sustainability at Scale

Connection Corridors: Sustaining The New Generation of Data Center Growth

Networking Lunch

Brazil

Country Working Groups

Mexico

Country Working Groups

Chile

Country Working Groups

Colombia

Country Working Groups

Argentina

Country Working Groups

Emerging Data Center Markets

Country Working Groups

Closing Remarks