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Chile's Permitting Breakthrough: From 12 Months to 6


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In this episode of datacenterHawk's Latin America podcast series, Analyst Daniel Correia and Regional Director Steve Sasse speak with Francisco Basoalto, Managing Director of Equinix Chile and Peru, at Equinix's ST2 facility in Santiago. Basoalto describes how Equinix has grown its retail colocation share in Santiago to roughly 38% since acquiring Entel's data center assets in 2022, investing in carrier neutrality, interconnection, and new capacity, including Santiago's first liquid cooling-capable facility for AI workloads. The conversation covers Chile's recent reform to environmental permitting thresholds, which could cut approval timelines from over a year to roughly six months, as well as the structural advantages driving Santiago's growth: a significant renewable energy surplus, strong connectivity, and political stability across administrations. Despite hyperscale buildouts from AWS, Microsoft, and Google, all demand remains concentrated in Santiago, though an upcoming Asia-South America submarine cable could eventually shift that picture.---En este episodio de la serie de podcasts de datacenterHawk para América Latina, el Analista Daniel Correia y el Director Regional Steve Sasse conversan con Francisco Basoalto, Director General de Equinix Chile y Perú, en las instalaciones ST2 de Equinix en Santiago. Basoalto describe cómo Equinix ha incrementado su participación en el mercado de colocación retail en Santiago a aproximadamente un 38% desde la adquisición de los activos de centros de datos de Entel en 2022, invirtiendo en neutralidad de carriers, interconexión y nueva capacidad, incluyendo la primera instalación con enfriamiento líquido en Santiago para cargas de trabajo de inteligencia artificial. La conversación aborda la reciente reforma a los umbrales de permisos ambientales, que podría reducir los plazos de aprobación de más de un año a aproximadamente seis meses, así como las ventajas estructurales que impulsan el crecimiento de Santiago: un importante excedente de energía renovable, conectividad sólida y estabilidad política a través de múltiples administraciones. A pesar de las construcciones a hiperescala de AWS, Microsoft y Google, toda la demanda permanece concentrada en Santiago, aunque un próximo cable submarino entre Asia y Sudamérica podría eventualmente cambiar ese panorama.

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