CloudHQ GIG Campus

São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPreconstruction

Planned critical IT: 36 MW
Updated: Oct 28, 2026

CloudHQ is developing a single-building data center campus in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, designed for 36 MW of critical IT capacity. State and municipal protocols were signed in 2023, while the previously announced September 2025 delivery target passed without an operating announcement.

Capacity

Available critical load

Actual

36 MW

Source

Total critical IT load

Planned / design or future potential

36 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

GIG single-building campusPlanned

1 building

The marketed availability figure describes offered capacity rather than live tenant load.

Milestones (3)

Rio government and CloudHQ sign intentions protocol

Jun 23, 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Rio government announces CloudHQ implementation protocol

Aug 31, 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Original September 2025 target

Sep 2025 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

CloudHQ

Operator

Sources by role

Operator (1)

Em Washington, Cláudio Castro anuncia a implantação de Data Center na Baixada Fluminense · Aug 31, 2023 · Corroborating

Operator (1)

GIG Campus · Primary

Other participants (1)

Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Government authority

Sources by role

Government authority (1)

Em Washington, Cláudio Castro anuncia a implantação de Data Center na Baixada Fluminense · Aug 31, 2023 · Corroborating

Government authority (1)

Governo do Estado do Rio assina protocolo de intenções com multinacional norte-americana CloudHQ · Jun 23, 2023 · Primary

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Planned investment

Transaction scope

1,700,000,000 BRL

Source

Financing records

Investment commitment

R$1,700,000,000

Aug 31, 2023

State-government announced investment plan; no lender, financing close or spend-to-date is verified.

Parties & sources

CloudHQ (Sponsor)

Sources (2)

Site & development

Building count

Design

1 data center

Source

Technical specifications

Fiber context

Actual

High density fiber from multiple providers

Source

Additional project facts

Current status

Actual

Planned and marketed ready for service within 22 months

Source

Brazil sequence

Actual

Second CloudHQ data center development in Brazil

Source

Rfs lead time

Forecast

22 months

Source

Coordinates

Actual

-22.79426, -43.35038

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)

Electric grid

Planned or represented

36 MW IT

marketed critical it load — 36 MW IT; planned marketed rfs.

Fiber

Planned or represented

Operator cites proximity to high-density fiber from multiple providers; carriers are not named.

Project map

1 of 1 project point mapped

Infrastructure facts

Mapped records

Capacity figures

90° N90° S0°

CloudHQ GIG Campus2 facts · updated 2026-10-28

Power & interconnection: 1Fiber & connectivity: 1

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.