{"id":212183,"date":"2019-04-10T17:26:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=212183"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:36:15","slug":"data-centers-are-investment-opportunities-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/data-centers-are-investment-opportunities-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Data centers are investment opportunities in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai \u2013 Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean were the theme of the panel that closed the Annual Investment Meeting (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIM<\/a>) this Wednesday (10) in Dubai. One of the panelists were Artur Coimbra Oliveira, director of the department of Broadband of Brazil\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mctic.gov.br\/portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry<\/a> of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication. \u201cBrazil has good numbers in telecommunications. Over 90% of our cities, for example, have access to 4G. However, when it comes to data centers, there is still a lack,\u201d said Oliveira in an interview to ANBA.<\/p>\n<p>While presenting at the panel \u201cInvest in Latin America and the Caribbean,\u201d he talked about the opportunity to invest in data centers and a motion now being discussed in the government to facilitate licenses to invest and create this kind of business in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Other challenges are increasing Internet coverage in the countryside. According to Olivera, 75% of Brazilians have access to the Internet in their homes, but this number falls to 40% when it comes to houses in rural areas. According to him, the sector has been targeted by Arabs, including an important company from Abu Dhabi. This company is <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/yahsat-invest-usd-68-59-million-parana-state\/\">Yahsat<\/a>, which offers satellite broadband services.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another sector that presents challenges and investment opportunities is taking technology and Internet access to the Amazon region. \u201cWe want to create a model that preserves but free the people in this region from the lack of access to technology and development. This may be done through public-private partnerships. One of the ideas is using fluvial optical fiber installed along the rivers\u2019 course. They will connect regions and serve communities that live mostly on the riverbanks,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The panel also featured lecturers such as Cecilia Plottier Igoa, economic affairs offficer of the Unit of Investment and Corporate Strategies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cepal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECLAC<\/a>) e Jorge Sequeira, managing director of the The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinde.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CINDE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-212157\">Press Release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Artur Coimbra Oliveira, director of the department of Broadband of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, data centers are a possibility for FDI. He participated in a panel on the last day of the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":212157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[8122,232,8128,28705,8127,8123,139,3901,496],"class_list":{"0":"post-212183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-opportunities","8":"tag-aim-2019","9":"tag-brazil","10":"tag-center","11":"tag-dados-en","12":"tag-data","13":"tag-data-centers","14":"tag-dubai","15":"tag-fdi","16":"tag-investments"},"wps_subtitle":"According to Artur Coimbra Oliveira, director of the department of Broadband of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, data centers are a possibility for FDI. 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