# Tag: Data Centers

- [Brazil Needs Data Centers. But Should It Pay for Them?](https://brazilstockguide.com/behind-the-lines/brazil-redata-data-center-tax-breaks/) (2026-09-01): Redata raises questions about the cost of tax breaks, pressure on the power system and how much of the investment would happen without subsidies.
- [Magalu Cloud Gets R$300 Million BNDES Loan to Build Brazil’s Cloud Bet](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/magalu-cloud-gets-r300-million-bndes-loan-to-build-brazils-cloud-bet/) (2026-05-26): Financing marks an unusual push by Brazil’s development bank into cloud infrastructure, backing Magalu Cloud as a national alternative in a market dominated by global technology giants.
- [What Latin America Needs to Do to Boost Productivity](https://brazilstockguide.com/behind-the-lines/what-latin-america-needs-to-do-to-boost-productivity/) (2026-05-20): McKinsey report says the region has resources, energy and market scale, but productivity will only rise if commodities evolve into more sophisticated value chains.
- [The Invisible Factory Behind AI](https://brazilstockguide.com/behind-the-lines/ai-infrastructure-invisible-factory/) (2026-04-29): AI promised cheap productivity. But adopting it at scale requires a new technological factory of cloud, chips, data, security and governance.
- [Brazil Scraps Queue System, Overhauls Power Grid Access to Unlock Renewables and Data Centers](https://brazilstockguide.com/insights/brazil-scraps-queue-system-overhauls-power-grid-access-to-unlock-renewables-and-data-centers/) (2025-12-08): New policy replaces first-come access with competitive cycles and reshapes transmission planning.