Sovereign AI Cloud Infrastructure

The Brazilian government approved $433 million in financing for SERPRO to modernize public-sector networks and build a sovereign cloud environment for classified government data, with migration targeted for 2027. Separately, Brazil partnered with Scala Data Centers to build hyperscale AI infrastructure powered by 100% renewable energy. A National Data Centre Policy launched in September 2025 includes the REDATA special tax regime to attract investment, and Brazil's total data center capacity reached approximately 1 GW of installed IT capacity by end of 2025.

The R$23 billion AI investment plan (2024-2028) explicitly includes sovereign cloud as a priority — the government recognizes that AI sovereignty requires not just models (Sabiá) but also compute infrastructure under national control. The LGPD's cross-border data transfer rules create regulatory demand for onshore data processing, and Brazilian courts have begun requiring that sensitive government data be processed on Brazilian-controlled infrastructure.

Brazil's unique advantage is its electricity grid: 65% hydropower and growing wind/solar mean that Brazilian data centers run on some of the world's cleanest electricity. This attracts hyperscalers seeking to reduce scope 2 emissions while also providing a genuine competitive advantage over coal-heavy Asian alternatives. The convergence of cheap clean energy, data sovereignty regulation, and government investment is creating a self-reinforcing ecosystem for AI compute in Brazil.