Fireside Chat: Optimising investments in digital infrastructure in Brazil and the Southern Cone

There is a huge opportunity to support young digital-native populations in Brazil and the Southern Cone, and a severe shortage of network infrastructure to cope with the demand. Large IoT adoption and AI requirements are driving the spike in data centre development, with 400MW+ of capacity expected to come online in the next three years. Further investments are strengthening already robust terrestrial and subsea fibre links, but is the growth sustainable, and what is the outlook for critical subsea connections to the US? This session will explore:

• Recent deployments in subsea cables, data centres, fibre networks and drivers for investment 

• Availability of renewable energy, land and connectivity  

• Growing interest in satellite partnerships to address rural connectivity needs 

• How to localise traffic whilst maintaining backhaul capacity to the US