ODATA announces new data centre in Sao Paulo

Author: Simon Rowley

ODATA, an Aligned Data Centers company and a provider of data centre services for Latin America, has announced DC SP04, its new data centre located in the city of Osasco, Sao Paulo.

With an investment of over $450m (£347m) upon completion, the 48MW facility will feature a flexible and adaptive design, enabling ODATA to seamlessly meet the dynamic requirements of its customers today and into the future.

DC SP04 will be the first ODATA facility in Brazil to feature the Delta Cube (Delta³) cooling system, which the company says reinforces its commitment to efficiency, innovation, and flexibility in its deployments. This proprietary, high-efficiency cooling technology, developed by ODATA’s parent company, Aligned Data Centers, is exclusively available to ODATA across its facilities in South America. The patented design offers unmatched energy efficiency and flexibility to support shifting density requirements, the company claims.

Ricardo Alário, CEO of ODATA, comments, “We take great pride in operating with 100% renewable energy in Brazil, reinforcing our ongoing commitment to sustainable and responsible energy practices. The integration of Delta³ in DC SP04 delivers rapid scalability, cutting-edge technological innovation, and exceptional energy efficiency, enabling us to quickly address the growing power density and capacity needs of our customers.”

Designed to support power densities of up to 50kW per rack, Delta³ allows ODATA’s data centres to maximise space utilisation and significantly reduce the load required to cool them, thereby decreasing energy consumption. Unlike conventional methods that simply push cold air into data halls, Delta³ captures and removes heat directly at the source, creating a hyper-scalable and highly efficient environment that dynamically adapts to the IT load demands of customers.

Kelvin Tamura, Design Director at ODATA, adds, “Delta³ enables us to cool hyperscale IT environments efficiently, saving both energy and space. The system also seamlessly integrates with liquid cooling solutions, enabling ODATA to provide customers with high-density computing environments that can scale easily to accommodate AI, cloud and high-performance computing deployments.”

ODATA believes that DC SP04 is set to significantly impact both the local economy and the technological landscape of Sao Paulo. The facility’s establishment is expected to address a critical gap in data centre expansion capacity within Osasco, providing robust IT infrastructure and a reliable power supply. This strengthens Greater Sao Paulo’s position as a leading technology hub, driving job creation, and attracting significant regional investments.

DC SP04 is on schedule to become operational in April 2025.

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