US data center developer company CloudHQ has updated its plans in Mexico, upping its ambitions to 900MW and $4.8 billion in investment.
The project, located in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, will initially include six data centers.
The company has previously said each building, located on State Highway 100, El Colorado-Higuerillas, will offer 48MW, for a total of 288MW. The six buildings will now offer 60MW each, and the site could total 900MW across 52 hectares.
For now, the company is seeking a long-term tenant before proceeding with construction of the site, according to Keith Harney, CloudHQ's COO. He also indicated that the data centers will be powered by a 900MW private substation.
The local government had previously said the company must have broken ground by Q1 2024 or lose the property. CloudHQ said groundworks are already underway.
Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, said: "Initiating investments in data centers is important for Mexico. It gives us the capacity to process data related to artificial intelligence and information technology." She also emphasized the importance of these types of investments also bringing "benefits to the community."
The data centers will operate using a waterless cooling system, so, as Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard stated, the facilities' water consumption will be "very low."
CloudHQ has 56 data centers, either operational or in development, totaling around 1.1GW of capacity across the US, EMEA, and APAC regions. The company says it has built and leased 2.4 million square feet (222,967 sqm) and 320MW of data center capacity since its formation.
The company has existing and planned data center developments across Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, California, Texas, Mexico, Brazil, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, and Japan.
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