This factsheet, developed as part of the "EU–Brazil Investment Dialogue" — a partnership involving the Delegation of the European Union to Brazil, the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), and ApexBrasil —summarizes the key structural, regulatory, and territorial factors that are crucial for attracting investments in data centers in Brazil. It highlights both the opportunities and challenges that European investors may encounter and provides a critical assessment of Ceará as a strategic hub for connectivity and digital exports.

The factsheet identifies three of Brazil's competitive advantages: (i) a favourable energy context — a power mix with a high share of renewables; (ii) international connectivity — direct Brazil–Europe routes and a growing network of submarine cables; and (iii) market potential — an investment pipeline and considerable scope for on-shoring digital workloads.

On the risk side, the document highlights higher operational costs, regulatory rigidity and the need for legal predictability — a concern directly linked to the legislative consideration of the Provisional Measure REDATA (MP 1.318/25), which aims to reduce CAPEX-related taxation subject to sustainability-linked counter-obligations.

Ceará stands out as a strategic hub owing to the convergence of international connectivity, a statewide backbone, and port/industrial infrastructure, offering a platform for digital export projects and the inland deployment of latency-sensitive workloads.