Scala Data Centers – SouthwardTech
Scala Data Centers was created in April 2020, when Digital Colony — now DigitalBridge — acquired the data centre assets of the Brazilian IT company UOL Diveo and consolidated them into a new platform. It builds and operates merchant capacity, leasing to third-party tenants rather than running its own workloads, and has entities in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Colombia. Marcos Peigo, a co-founder, is chief executive. The company states it has deployed more than R$12bn.
Its public figures span two orders of magnitude and several different stages of commitment, which is the first thing to understand about the company. They are separated here by status.
| Asset / claim | Figure | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tamboré campus, active | >120 MW | Operational — company-stated, October 2025; seven data centres live |
| Tamboré campus, operating and under construction | ~200 MW | Mixed — company-stated, August 2024; no split published |
| SGRUTB09, Tamboré | 36 MW, single unnamed hyperscaler tenant | Financed and built; company stated service entry in 2H 2025, not independently confirmed |
| Tamboré campus, full development | 600–700+ MW IT, 16–17 buildings | At full development — a build-out plan, not current capacity; company materials from different years give different figures |
| Scala AI City, phase 1 | 54 MW IT; R$3bn (~US$500m) | Announced; construction reported in April 2026 as expected to start later in the year |
| Scala AI City, grid | ~5 GW connection | Authorised by the Ministry of Mines and Energy — a grid approval, not a construction permit |
| Scala AI City, full build | 4.75 GW; cost cited up to R$300bn (~US$50bn) | Pitched — a scenario described by the company and the state government; no committed capital |
| Land and power reserve | >7m m² landbank; >7 GW of power secured | Company-stated |
AI City sits in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, about 32 km from Porto Alegre, on roughly 700 hectares the company has acquired. It follows a letter of intent signed with the state government in September 2024 and state Law 091, which created what the company calls Latin America’s first dedicated data centre technology district.
Financing has come in large tranches: a US$500m structured round in September 2024, split evenly between Coatue Tactical Solutions and IMCO, alongside recurring green debenture issues in reais, the third of which raised US$250m for construction at Tamboré.
Ownership is in transition. SoftBank Group agreed on 29 December 2025 to acquire DigitalBridge for approximately US$4bn, at US$16.00 per share, subject to regulatory approval and expected to close in the second half of 2026 — confirm the status of that deal before citing it as complete. Separately, DigitalBridge has explored a sale of Scala itself, reportedly targeting an enterprise value above US$4bn. Neither process has concluded.
In April 2026 the company was reported to be in talks with both US and Chinese technology firms over a hyperscale tenant for AI City. No tenant has been announced and no company named.
Open and unverified
- Whether SGRUTB09 entered service as scheduled.
- Whether construction of AI City phase 1 has begun.
- Status of the SoftBank–DigitalBridge transaction.
- Operational capacity in Chile, Mexico and Colombia, which the company does not break out.
- Whether the Tamboré full build is 600 MW across 17 buildings or above 700 MW across 16 — company materials from different years give both.
Last updated 1 August 2026