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Fortaleza, Brazil - December 3, 2025 - TikTok has announced plans to invest more than BRL 200 billion (~USD 37.7 billion) to build its first data-centre campus in Latin America, the company said in an event held in Ceará, with local and national authorities present, including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The data centre will be located at the port-industrial hub of Pecém in Ceará, and will be developed in partnership with Brazilian data-centre operator Omnia and renewable-energy firm Casa dos Ventos, which will supply dedicated wind power for the project.
According to TikTok Brazil’s head of public policy, the investment represents a “historic commitment” to the country’s digital infrastructure and underscores Brazil’s strategic importance in the company’s global expansion.
The Pecém campus is designed to run exclusively on renewable energy, with wind farms built specifically to meet its power needs, and it aims to make TikTok’s Latin-American operations more sustainable and regionally anchored.
Initial phases of the plan envision a data-centre capacity footprint requiring significant energy; local authorities and project partners say the facility will not rely on the existing public power grid, but on a dedicated renewable-energy supply.
The project is being positioned not only as a domestic infrastructure investment, but also as a hub for cloud, content-delivery, AI, and global-scale data processing for Latin-American users and clients.
The project timeline, as outlined by officials, foresees construction beginning soon, with a first phase power demand estimated at 300 MW and target operations starting around 2027. The BRL 200 billion (~USD 37.7 billion) figures reportedly cover multiple future phases, including infrastructure, equipment, and expansion over the years ahead.
Analysts view the announcement as part of a broader trend: major global tech firms are racing to expand AI-ready and cloud-scale infrastructure in regions outside North America and Europe. For Brazil, with abundant renewable resources, strategic geography, and growing digital consumption, the TikTok project could anchor a significant technology-infrastructure node that attracts further investment in energy, connectivity, logistics, and skilled labour.
Still, some observers caution that the headline investment amount is unusually large and that previous reporting had cited a smaller figure, around BRL 50 billion (USD 9.42 billion) for earlier project phases, which suggests the BRL 200 billion (~USD 37.7 billion) figure likely reflects a multi-phase, multi-decade commitment rather than an immediate capital outlay.
It remains unclear whether ByteDance has published a fully detailed public plan or a linked long-term road map; the number, while widely quoted, appears in press reports rather than a publicly accessible ByteDance/TikTok press release. For now, the figure stands as a media reported commitment, pending formal documentation or regulatory filings.
