Colocation · Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil

Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia

Sprawling São Paulo tech-belt campus with dedicated substation and private metro fiber rings

Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia on the mapmap: Natural Earth (public domain)

The story

Located in Paulínia within the high-tech Campinas corridor of São Paulo state, Ascenty's Paulínia Mega Campus is the colocation giant's flagship Brazilian development. Jointly held by Digital Realty and Brookfield Infrastructure, the 200,000-square-meter campus is powered by its own dedicated 138 kV electrical substation. The site is linked directly to São Paulo's financial district via Ascenty's proprietary underground optical fiber ring, delivering resilient multi-tenant cloud capacity.

Notable

Ascenty's largest operational campus in South America, spanning over 200,000 square meters.
Equipped with a dedicated on-site 138 kV high-voltage electrical substation delivering up to 70 MW.
Connected directly to Ascenty's proprietary 5,000 km underground dark-fiber network across São Paulo.
Jointly owned by Digital Realty and Brookfield Infrastructure to serve major global cloud providers.

Expansions

2021: Opening of Paulínia 2 facility expanding campus to 40 MW total power
2023: Delivery of Paulínia 3 and 4 advancing toward 70 MW campus master plan

Operator	Ascenty
Owner	Digital Realty / Brookfield Infrastructure
Type	Colocation
Location	Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil
Opened	2019
Status	operating
IT power	50 MW
Total power	70 MW
PUE	1.35 (reported)
Site area	200,000 m²
Building area	45,000 m²
Cooling	indirect free cooling, chilled water, hot aisle containment
Power	grid source: CPFL Energia (dedicated on-site 138 kV substation) · renewable pct: 100 % · onsite generation: dedicated 138 kV high-voltage substation with dual line feeds · backup: diesel
Certifications	Uptime Tier III Constructed Facility, ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, PCI DSS

See it on the earth

Record confidence: high. Values marked "estimated" are estimates in the source data.

Sources

Paulínia Data Center Campus Specifications · Ascenty · 2024-01-15
Ascenty investe R$ 1,5 bilhão em novo mega campus de data centers em Paulínia · Exame Brazil · 2021-06-10
Ascenty inaugura el segundo centro de datos en su campus de Paulínia · DatacenterDynamics · 2021-08-12

Part of the open famous data centers dataset (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-15. A correction? da@mustardseedmt.com

Questions people ask

What is Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia famous for?

Sprawling São Paulo tech-belt campus with dedicated substation and private metro fiber rings

Where is Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia?

Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia is in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil (-22.768, -47.165). It is operated by Ascenty.

How much power does Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia use?

About 50 MW of IT load and 70 MW in total, according to the sources listed on this page.

What is the PUE of Ascenty Mega Campus Paulínia?

1.35, reported.