The New Data Center Calculus in Latin America: Capital, Cooling and Community

May 28, 2026

Ahead of the 1st Latin America Data Center Power & Infrastructure Summit (DCPI-LATAM 2026) this July 14–15 in Rio de Janeiro, New Energy Events is convening a series of high-level conversations examining the infrastructure, financing, and policy dynamics shaping the region’s digital future.

The next discussion in that series took place on Thursday, May 28 at 12:00 PM EST | 13:00 BRT with the free webinar The New Data Center Calculus in Latin America: Capital, Cooling and Community.

Across Latin America, the investment calculus behind data center development is evolving rapidly. Power availability remains foundational, but investors, operators, regulators, and communities are increasingly evaluating a broader set of variables: water use, cooling strategy, workforce readiness, permitting dynamics, and long-term social alignment.

As hyperscale demand accelerates, the projects moving fastest across the region may not simply be the ones securing megawatts, but the ones demonstrating operational resilience, financing credibility, and community alignment from the outset.

Drawing on real-world experience across energy regulation, utility management, infrastructure investment, and digital development, our panelists will explore the emerging factors shaping bankability and execution across Latin America’s next generation of data center projects.

Topics covered:

  • Capital & Cooling: As liquid cooling transitions from operational choice to investment prerequisite, lenders and hyperscalers are raising the bar. Hear how financing criteria are evolving and what developers must do to stay bankable.
  • Community Engagement & Speed-to-Permit: Operators that engage local stakeholders and communities early move faster through permitting and financing. Hear what best practice looks like across the region — and why it’s becoming a competitive advantage.
  • Geothermal & Alternative Cooling – The Next Frontier? As data centers push toward higher rack densities, geothermal and alternative cooling solutions are emerging as both an operational and community-relations answer. What could deployment look like in LATAM?