Telecoms equipment firm Parks S/A announced an investment of 500 million reais ($98.3m) in the construction of a new Tier III data center in Cachoeirinha, in the Porto Alegre Metropolitan Area of Rio Grande do Sul.

The project, which is already under construction, will house data processing and storage operations, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence applications.

Parks’ new data center will have an installed capacity of 5MW, distributed across two buildings designed to house equipment. The project is due live by the end of the year.

“We are pleased to announce the launch of Parks Data Centers, a project that represents our vision of the future and our commitment to offer critical, secure, and high-availability infrastructure to drive digital transformation in Brazil,” Parks CEO Fábio Cierro said on LinkedIn. “Over 60 years, we have built our trajectory by developing national technology. Now, we have expanded this mission to the data center market, contributing to data sovereignty, innovation, and the growth of the digital economy. “

In addition to the data center, Parks has entered into a partnership with the Cachoeirinha City Government to deploy smart flood-monitoring sensors in the municipality.

Founded in 1966, Parks manufactures and sells telecoms equipment for data transmission via fiber optics and wireless, including switches, DWDM equipment, and LTE routers.

This piece was automatically translated from DCD’s Portuguese site and edited by a member of DCD staff.