Artificial intelligence is driving a transformation that goes beyond the digital world. Behind every AI-based model, application, or service lies a growing demand for physical infrastructure: energy, power transmission, cooling systems, connectivity, and highly complex facilities capable of operating continuously and reliably. In this context, large-scale critical infrastructure development is becoming a strategic factor. With decades of experience in delivering some of Latin America's most significant energy projects, Techint Engineering & Construction brings integrated engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities to address the challenges of this new technological era.

Latin America currently has significant installed data center capacity. However, the scale of new artificial intelligence-related projects is completely reshaping the industry's requirements. A single AI-focused data center campus may require up to hundreds of MW of electrical power.

The International Energy Agency estimates that data centers consumed approximately 415 TWh of electricity in 2024 and that this figure could reach 945 TWh by 2030.

The region offers competitive advantages for attracting investment: competitive costs, room for new infrastructure development, and lower exposure to certain geopolitical risks.

Brazil currently accounts for nearly half of Latin America's data center capacity, while other countries across the region are beginning to position themselves to attract new investments driven by the growth of artificial intelligence and digital transformation.

However, next-generation data centers require far more than available space. They need reliable power generation, robust transmission and distribution systems, high-voltage infrastructure, advanced cooling, automation, operational redundancy, and high standards of availability and security.

Large-scale critical infrastructure construction is an area that Techint Engineering & Construction has known for decades.

Throughout its history, the company has participated in some of the most significant energy projects in Latin America, developing integrated solutions that combine engineering, procurement, and construction under high quality, safety, technical, and operational standards.

Among them are Norte III, a 907 MW combined-cycle power plant located in northern Mexico, and the 900 MW Pesquería Power Plant, developed to supply one of the country's most important industrial corridors. Both initiatives required the integration of complex power generation systems, electromechanical installations, automation, and commissioning activities, capabilities that are now essential to support the growth of digital infrastructure.

Techint E&C's experience also includes the cogeneration facility at the Olmeca Refinery in Dos Bocas, Mexico, where an energy solution was developed to ensure the continuous supply of a strategic industrial facility [AM1], and the construction in just 15 months of the Buena Ventura Wind Farm, a project that supplies the equivalent of 50% of the electrical energy required by Tenaris' industrial center in Campana, Argentina.

This track record in energy projects, critical systems, and large-scale infrastructure positions Techint E&C to support the development of the data center market and its associated infrastructure, providing capabilities that will become increasingly relevant as energy and infrastructure needs associated with artificial intelligence continue to grow.

Recently, Alberto Moscosa, Sr. Project Manager, and Julieta Medina, Business Development Manager, represented the company at the Latin American Data Center Power & Infrastructure Summit (DCPI-LATAM), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The event brought together government representatives, developers, operators, power generators, investors, and specialists from across the region to analyze the challenges and opportunities associated with the growth of data centers and their impact on energy systems.

At Techint E&C, we continue to monitor the evolution of this market and actively participate in the forums where the key challenges related to the infrastructure that will enable the next generation of digital services are being discussed.

"The expansion of data centers creates a unique opportunity for Latin America. The real discussion is no longer centered solely on technology, but on the ability to develop the energy infrastructure needed to sustain that growth. These are projects that require reliability, scale, and the integration of multiple disciplines, precisely the type of challenges we have been addressing for decades at Techint E&C," Moscosa concluded.