Tech companies are scouting Argentine Patagonia for AI data centres, Reuters reports
News Source : The Next Web
News Summary
- A stretch of Argentina that mostly exports wind, gas and sheep is being pitched to the companies building AI infrastructure.
- Developers and energy firms are courting hyperscalers for data centre projects across Patagonia and the surrounding provinces.
- Amazon and Alphabet were both named among the companies looking, and Genneia and Vista Energy among the local energy firms involved.
- Argentina’s own technology sector has spent two decades exporting software rather than hosting it, and none of the building capacity is running yet.
A stretch of Argentina that mostly exports wind, gas and sheep is being pitched to the companies building AI infrastructure, and some of them are listening.
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