Data centres

A data centre is not sited where the land is.
It is sited where the power is.

Site prospecting, energy feasibility, substation and connection, on-site generation and storage. We handle the part that decides the project.

The scale of it

From 355 MW today to 3.55 GW by 2030

That is the projection published by ONS, Brazil's system operator, for data centre demand — a tenfold increase in four years, already counting 22 signed contracts and 18 requesting parties.

In the Northeast alone there are 30 projects totalling 8.3 GW, with the state of Ceará accounting for roughly a third. Investment approved in that state through 2033 exceeds R$ 200 billion.

And the number that matters most to anyone building: on the works already under way at Pecém, 90% of contracts went to local companies. This is not a market you solve by importing a contractor.

What Redata requires

The special tax regime approved by the Chamber of Deputies in February 2026 suspends import duty, PIS/Cofins and IPI — R$ 5.2 billion in incentive, suspended for five years and convertible into full exemption.

In exchange, it requires:

  • Power from renewable sources
  • Sustainability targets
  • Investment in the country
  • 40% of resources in the North, Northeast and Centre-West

Approved by the Chamber and under review in the Senate. Final terms subject to enactment.

The connection few people make

The Northeast throws power away. A data centre needs firm load.

Between January and April 2026 Brazil curtailed 2,843 average MW of solar and wind generation — 2,233 MW of it in the Northeast. That is power that exists, is contracted, and is discarded because there is nowhere to send it.

At the same time, Redata pushes 40% of qualifying investment into exactly those regions, and requires renewable supply.

It is the same equation seen from both ends. A well-sited data centre turns curtailed generation into useful load — and settles both the regime's counterpart obligation and the operation's energy cost at once.

What actually decides a site

  • Real capacity at the connection point, not the nameplate
  • Grid access queue and time to energisation
  • Distance to the substation and cost of the spur line
  • Renewable generation available nearby
  • Room on site for generation and storage
  • Redundancy and contingency paths
  • Water, climate and logistics access

What we deliver

The infrastructure, not the rack

We do not sell IT, white-space cooling or data centre operations. We deliver what sits underneath: power, land and construction — which is where projects stall.

Site prospecting

Sourcing and pre-assessment of sites against what actually constrains them: connection point, available capacity, access queue, proximity to renewable generation and logistics.

Energy feasibility study

Connection analysis, supply scenarios, energy cost, on-site generation, storage and redundancy. The document that supports or kills the siting decision.

Connection and substation

Design and construction of substation, spur line, protection and control, through to energisation.

On-site generation

Dedicated or contracted solar, sized to the data centre load curve — and to Redata's renewable requirement.

Storage

BESS to firm supply, shift load and support operations. The group has integrated 175+ MW of storage.

Civil and electrical works

Earthworks, foundations, MV and LV networks, internal electrical infrastructure and commissioning, with our own crews.

Why us

Same works. Different client at the end of the wire.

Substations, connection spurs, civil works, electromechanical assembly and commissioning are exactly what One Energy has been doing across more than 450 MW built. The difference in a data centre is that the power flows in rather than out.

And one detail carries weight: we have already built in the Northeast, which is where Redata directs 40% of investment and where most of the announced 8.3 GW sits.

Who we work with here

  • Data centre operators and developers
  • Funds and investors assessing sites
  • Integrators and EPCs needing a local energy partner
  • Industrial groups considering captive or colocation capacity
  • Landowners with an available connection point

Get in touch

Power decides the site

A good plot with a poor connection does not become a data centre. Tell us what you have — area, target capacity, region — and we will tell you what is feasible and in what timeframe.

  • Substation, connection and construction delivered by our own crews
  • Generation and storage sized to your load curve
  • Construction experience in the Northeast

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The earlier power enters the conversation, the less rework later.

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One Energy Group

The group

One Energy Group

An energy engineering company with its own operations in Brazil, the United States and Canada — with Portugal on the way. Same technical team, same execution standards, adapted to each market.

BrazilSão PauloStorage, solar EPC, retrofit and data centresYou are here
CanadaCalgary, AlbertaSolar, BESS and cold-climate microgridsUnited StatesNew YorkSolar EPC, BESS and electrical infrastructure
PortugalLisbonOperation being set upComing soon