Chile Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2025-2030

MARKET OUTLOOK

The Chile data center market size will witness investments of USD 1.24 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8.27% during the forecast period. Chile is recognized as the third-largest data center market in Latin America, with a core and shell power capacity exceeding 176 MW as of December 2024. The data center market in Chile accounts for approximately 13.5% of the total data center investment in the region.

In December 2024, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation launched the Chilean National Data Centers Plan 2024-2030. This initiative aims to position Chile as a leading digital infrastructure hub in Latin America.

Several global colocation providers are entering the Chile data center market by forming strategic partnerships with local enterprises or acquiring local companies. For example, in 2022, Equinix entered the market by acquiring data center facilities from Entel. Likewise, Actis acquired the data center facilities of Nabiax to establish its presence in the market and launched a new data center platform called NextStream. Furthermore, in December 2023, Oracle became the first hyperscaler with two cloud regions in Chile, opening a new region in Valparaiso alongside its existing Santiago region. This expansion enhances business continuity, supports data residency requirements, and accelerates cloud adoption across industries with high-performance, low-latency, and secure OCI services.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

1. The Chile data center market has become a preferred location for hyperscalers, such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft, to develop their self-built hyperscale data center facilities. Several factors contribute to Chile's attraction to these hyperscalers, including the country’s commitment to renewable energy, robust infrastructure, strategic location, and favorable regulations.
2. Chile is currently facing a significant drought expected to last until 2040, which has raised environmental concerns regarding the expansion and development of data centers in the country, particularly related to water usage.
3. In November 2024, several data center operators in the Chile data center market came together to establish a new data center association for Chile named Chile Data Centers. The founding companies include Equinix, Scala Data Centers, Ascenty, EdgeConneX, NextStream, ODATA (Aligned Data Centers), and Data Center Dynamics.

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

1. Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and Chile colocation market revenue.
2. An assessment of the data center investment in Chile by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators.
3. Data center investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across cities in the country.
4. A detailed study of the existing Chile data center market landscape, an in-depth market analysis, and insightful predictions about the Chile data center market size during the forecast period.
5. Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Chile
6. Facilities Covered (Existing): 37
7. Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 09
8. Coverage: 6 Cities
9. Existing vs. Upcoming (Data Center Area)
10. Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
11. Data center colocation market in Chile
12. Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2030)
13. Wholesale vs. Retail Colocation Revenue (2021-2030)
14. Retail Colocation Pricing
15. Wholesale Colocation Pricing
16. The Chile data center landscape market investments are classified into IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecast.
17. A comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, growth rate, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the industry.
18. Business overview and product offerings of prominent IT infrastructure providers, construction contractors, support infrastructure providers, and investors operating in the industry.
19. A transparent research methodology and the analysis of the demand and supply aspects of the industry.

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

1. The Chile data center market features several global and regional data center operators providing colocation services. Notable operators include Equinix, Ascenty, EdgeConneX, Cirion Technologies, NextStream, Scala Data Centers, ODATA (Aligned Data Centers), Grupo Gtd, and others. Santiago is the primary hub and a preferred location for data center development in Chile.
2. Ascenty, is among the leading data center operators in terms of core and shell power capacity in the Chile data center market. Currently operates two data center facilities in Santiago, the installed power capacity across these data centers was 10.2 MW, while the utilized power capacity was approximately 9.2 MW.
3. The data center market is also seeing investments from global cloud giants such as Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft, who are developing their dedicated cloud regions and data centers throughout the country. For example, Microsoft received approval for the development of a data center in Chile, with an investment of around USD 317 million. The data center is currently under development and is likely to become fully operational by 2026.
4. In January 2024, AWS received approval for a USD 205 million data center project in Santiago, marking its first cloud campus in Chile. The two-phase development will involve the company developing two data center buildings. The construction on the first building is likely to be completed by April 2025 and the second building is scheduled for 2028.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

1. Existing Facilities in the Region (Area and Power Capacity)
2. Santiago
3. Other Cities
4. List of Upcoming Facilities in the Region (Area and Power Capacity)
5. Santiago
6. Other Cities

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyzes the Chile data center market share. It elaborately analyses the existing and upcoming facilities and investments in IT, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, general construction, and tier standards. It discusses market sizing and investment estimation for different segments. The segmentation includes:

1. IT Infrastructure
2. Server Infrastructure
3. Storage Infrastructure
4. Network Infrastructure
5. Electrical Infrastructure
6. UPS Systems
7. Generators
8. Transfer Switches & Switchgears
9. PDUs
10. Other Electrical Infrastructure
11. Mechanical Infrastructure
12. Cooling Systems
13. Racks
14. Other Mechanical Infrastructure
15. Cooling Systems
16. CRAC and CRAH Units
17. Chillers Units
18. Cooling Towers, Condensers and Dry Coolers
19. Other Cooling Units
20. General Construction
21. Core & Shell Development
22. Installation & Commissioning Services
23. Engineering & Building Design
24. Fire Detection & Suppression
25. Physical Security
26. Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
27. Tier Standard
28. Tier I & Tier II
29. Tier III
30. Tier IV

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

1. IT Infrastructure Providers: Cisco, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei Technologies, IBM, and Lenovo.
2. Data Center Construction Contractors & Sub-Contractors: Aceco TI, AECOM, Constructora Sudamericana, Fluor Corporation, Hyphen, PQC, and Turner & Townsend. 
3. Support Infrastructure Providers: ABB, ASSA ABLOY, Axis Communications, Bruno, Caterpillar, Cummins, Honeywell International, Johnson Controls, Legrand, Mitsubishi Electric, Munters, Piller Power Systems, Panduit, Rittal, Schneider Electric, Siemens, STULZ and Vertiv.
4. Data Center Investors: Actis (NextStream), Ascenty, Cirion Technologies, ClaroVTR, EdgeConneX, Equinix, Google, GTD, IPXON Networks, ODATA (Aligned Data Centers), Scala Data Centers, and SONDA.
5. New Entrants: Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.