Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ Laís Martins
· 1 h 09 min · Episode 349
Episode Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ Laís Martins
Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. Laís Martins joins Paris Marx to discuss why the renewable energy sector is behind a rise in Brazilian data center development, how this is impacting communities, and the ways this greenwashing is redirecting funding away from more socially progressive projects.
Laís Martins is a technology reporter at The Intercept Brasil.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.
Also mentioned in this episode:
• Preorder Hyperscale to support Paris at Bookshop or find more links at hyperscalebook.com. • Laís has written about the connection between wind energy and data center construction. • Laís has written about the social impacts of the renewable energy driven data center build out in Brazil.
Support the show
Links in the notes 7
- https://www.intercept.com.br/equipe/lais-martins/
- https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus
- https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9798217048526
- https://hyperscalebook.com/
- https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/wind-energy-surplus-fuels-unregulated-data-centers-in-brazils-dry-land/
- https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/brazils-unique-data-center-boom-rides-on-clean-power-despite-social-burden/
- https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus
Transcript
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