ByteDance is pouring roughly $37.7 billion into a single data center complex in northeastern Brazil, making it the Chinese tech giant’s largest construction project anywhere outside its home turf. The facility, located in the Pecém port complex in Ceará state, represents TikTok’s parent company planting a very expensive flag in Latin American soil for the first time.
The initial phase will deliver 300 MW of capacity, powered by wind energy, with operations expected to begin in 2027.
The energy equation
In May 2026, Brazilian firms Casa dos Ventos and Omnia signed a $2 billion renewable energy supply contract specifically to feed the Pecém facility. Casa dos Ventos is one of Brazil’s largest wind energy developers, and the deal effectively guarantees that ByteDance’s AI workloads will run on clean power.
Brazil’s energy regulator, Aneel, granted the project priority grid connection back in March 2026.
