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structural point of view, is a desirable goal most promising source for the next decade, REFERENCES:
Brazil is poised to accomplish in time. with 12% growth in generation per year 1 Digital Economy - Predictions - Oxford Economics
https://www.huawei.com/minisite/gci/en/digital-
- Brazil registered 70% increase in solar spillover/files/gci_digital_spillover.pdf
The reason is that the country has an energy generation in 2020, according to 2 Article "On Global Electricity Usage of
Communication Technology: Trends to 2030"
immense potential for generating energy ABSOLAR (Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
from renewable sources, which allows for Energy Association), reaching 7.5 GW last 3 Ireland Data Centres Energy Consumption
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/
the development of one of the "greenest" year. This volume is almost half of what was
technology/why-ireland-s-data-centre-boom-is-
digital infrastructure in the world through produced by Itaipu Binacional, the world’s complicating-climate-efforts-1.4131768
intelligent and sustainable use of our second largest hydroelectric plant owned 4 Datasphere IDC - 2021 https://www.idc.com/
getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS47560321
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natural resources. by Brazil and Paraguay. Notwithstanding 5 Forbes Magazine Analysis https://www.
the rapid growth in solar energy generation, forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2021/12/30/54-
predictions-about-the-state-of-data-in-
Already, the Brazilian energy matrix is mostly the potential is still enormous: there 2021/?sh=33eb660f397d
based on clean resources: 63.8% of the are more than 30 thousand hours of 6 Global Data Center Market https://www.
researchandmarkets.com/reports/5263847/
electricity consumed in the Brazilian territory sunlight per year in Brazil alone, capable
increased-investment-by-cloud-and-
comes from hydroelectric plants (Source: of generating up to 30% of all the energy colocation?utm_source=GNOM&utm_
ANEEL). However, there are alternatives offered in the country’s electrical grid with medium=PressRelease&utm_
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that may further reinforce Brazil's potential in currently available photovoltaic technology. +Global+Data+Center+Market+Report+2021-
clean energy, whether because of its winds For comparison purposes, this capacity in 2025%3a+Market+to+Drop+in+2020+Due+to+the+C
OVID-19+Pandemic%2c+with+Growth+Restarting+
or the generous amount of sunshine that Europe is only 10%. in+2021+Onwards&utm_exec=chdo54prd
reaches the country. 7 Green data centers market https://www.
marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/
Either way, with assertive tactics applied
green-data-center-gdc-market-1032.html
According to data from ABEEólica (Brazilian directly in the data center or with a major 8 ESG Imperative for Tech Companies https://
Wind Energy Association), the installed change in the energy matrix, it is vital that home.kpmg/us/en/home/insights/2020/04/
esg-imperative-for-tech-companies.html
capacity of wind power in Brazil reached the global IT industry mobilizes and also 9 Moody's - Forecast 2021, green and sustainable
18 GW in 2020 - which represents 10.3% of contributes to the four priority objectives of bonds issuance https://www.moodys.com/
research/Moodys-Sustainable-bond-issuance-
the entire energy grid. The entity's estimate COP26 in Glasgow (Scotland): adaptation, to-hit-a-record-650-billion--PBC_1263479
is to reach 28 GW by 2024. Currently, Brazil mitigation, financing, and collaboration. 10 Hydroeletric power consumption Brazil https://
www.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/energia-minerais-
has more than 8,300 wind turbines and 695
e-combustiveis/2020/01/fontes-de-energia-
wind farms in activity. 11 For the ICT sector, this means that renovaveis-representam-83-da-matriz-eletrica-
companies, hyperscalers and data center brasileira
11 Brazil wind energy growth - Abeeólica https://
In 2019, a report by the World Bank - operators must play their part in adapting to www.canalenergia.com.br/noticias/53163929/
Going Global: Expanding Offshore Wind to this new sustainable world order by seeking energia-eolica-chega-a-18-gw-de-capacidade-
instalada-no-brasil
Emerging Markets - delivered another piece to mitigate the impacts of their activities 12 World Bank Report https://www.worldbank.
of good news: that the country has the on the environment; investing in their own org/en/topic/energy/publication/expanding-
offshore-wind-in-emerging-markets
wind energy potential to do much more. transformation; and collaborating with their
13 Brazil solar energy growth - ABSOLAR https://
For example, just with offshore facilities up customers and employees in this journey www.absolar.org.br/noticia/com-ajuda-do-
to 200 km off the coast, the country can towards a more digital, sustainable and agro-geracao-solar-cresce-70-em-2020/
produce about 1.2 thousand GW - a much prosperous future, for which we all share
larger amount than any of the other seven responsibility.
emerging economies evaluated. 12
As for solar energy - considered by the
International Energy Agency (IEA) as the
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