ODATA inaugurates US $3B data center campus in Querétaro

Data halfway institution ODATA has started operations astatine its US $3 cardinal field successful the Bajío authorities of Querétaro.

The institution is moving retired of the archetypal completed installation connected its inactive nether operation DC QR03 field successful the PyME Industrial Park, southwest of Querétaro city, the authorities capital. 

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— Centro Informativo Querétaro (@CIQueretaro) May 6, 2025

The archetypal signifier of the installation was energized successful February, delivering 200 megawatts (MW) to the electrical strategy and chiefly serving unreality services and artificial quality customers.

Once afloat operational, the caller field volition person a full capableness of up to 300 MW of accusation exertion power.

ODATA CEO Ricardo Alário said successful a property merchandise that the caller installation already has 3 hyperscale customers, calling it “an indispensable interconnection hub for Querétaro and Mexico.”

Acknowledging vigor availability arsenic a persistent manufacture challenge, ODATA is moving guardant with an enlargement that volition adhd an further 400 MW, 1 of the largest initiatives of its benignant successful Mexico, according to commercialized and concern work Mexico Now.

Over the weekend, ODATA besides unveiled Aligned’s patented Delta Cube cooling system, which is purpose-built for adaptive information centers. Instead of pushing acold aerial into the information hall, it removes vigor successful the racks, reducing vigor consumption. 

The Delta Cube plan “accommodates some caller information centers and retrofit facilities, improving the ratio of existing infrastructure.”

ODATA is simply a subsidiary of Plano, Texas-based Aligned Data Centers, which describes itself arsenic a information halfway infrastructure exertion institution offering colocation and build-to-scale information halfway solutions to cloud, enterprise, and managed work providers.

Aligned acquired ODATA — founded successful 2015 by Brazilian backstage equity steadfast Patria Investments and based successful Sao Paulo — successful May 2023. The acquisition made Aligned a important subordinate successful the Latin American information halfway market.

Booming times: In summation to the caller information center, Querétaro volition soon person a bid transportation to Mexico City. (Presidencia/ Cuartoscuro)

ODATA opened its archetypal Mexican installation successful May 2022 with an concern of US $79 cardinal successful the aforesaid Querétaro concern parkland wherever its caller field is located. That installation provides information halfway services, including managed colocation and build-to-suit projects, crossed Latin America. 

The QR03 cognition reinforces Querétaro arsenic 1 of the astir important information halfway infrastructure hubs successful the country. The caller installation adds to a increasing question of investments successful the portion by exertion giants specified arsenic Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft.

Querétaro is presently location to 15 information centers with cumulative investments of implicit US $12 cardinal since 2009, and authorities officials reportedly expect to adhd astatine slightest 20 much successful the coming years.

Alário said Querétaro’s strategical determination allows it to service some the Mexican and U.S. markets, wherever determination are vigor restrictions successful definite regions.

With reports from Cluster Industrial, El Economista and Mexico Now