ByteDance Plans to Expand Brazil Data Center Project Beyond $10B, 300MW Facility

According to Bloomberg, ByteDance plans to expand its data center project in northeast Brazil on November 9, with the expansion exceeding the company's current $10 billion, 300MW facility in Ceara state. The company is seeking developers for the second phase of the project at an industrial port in Pecem and is in preliminary discussions to build a similarly-sized data center outside the port to serve Brazilian clients.

The expanded Pecem facility would qualify for tax benefits if used for data exports, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. ByteDance is increasing hardware investments across its data centers as it positions artificial intelligence as its next growth engine.

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