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PIEMONTE HOLDING WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THIS DATA CENTER , EXPANDING ITS FACILITIES , POWER AND CONNECTIVITY .
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Piemonte Holding agrees to purchase Globo ’ s data center in Rio de Janeiro

The company said that it will continue investing in the acquired data center , expanding its facilities , power and connectivity .

The financial group Piemonte Holding , Globo Comunicação e Participações and Drammen Elea Digital , Piemonte ’ s data center holding company , have announced that they have signed a sale and purchase agreement concerning Globo ’ s data center located near the Olympic Complex , in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro metro area . Before closing , the deal must be cleared by the Brazilian Antitrust Authority ( CADE ) and pass through documental execution .

With the new acquisition , Elea Digital data center ecosystem will grow its IT power capacity by 25 %, reaching an excess of 10 MW . In addition to Porto Alegre , Curitiba , São Paulo and Brasília , Rio de Janeiro now becomes part of Elea Digital ’ s data center federation , which is unparalleled in Brazil in terms of differentiated footprint and connectivity potential .
Alessandro Lombardi , CEO , Piemonte Holding , said : “ We couldn ’ t choose a better moment to announce this partnership with Globo . In 2016 , concurrently with the Rio Olympics , Globo invested in a state-of-theart digital infrastructure , a Tier III data center designed to connect Rio de Janeiro to the world and that we consider as a valuable Olympic legacy both for Rio and Brazil .”
“ After closing the transaction , Piemonte Holding will be able to continue investing in this data center , expanding its facilities , power and connectivity ,” said Lombardi .

PIEMONTE HOLDING WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THIS DATA CENTER , EXPANDING ITS FACILITIES , POWER AND CONNECTIVITY .

Deal value will not be disclosed by the parties . The agreement , in addition to the sale and purchase , includes a longterm colocation contract between Elea Digital and Globo .
About Piemonte Holding
Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro , Piemonte Holding is a financial group founded in 2012 and focused to invest in the digitalization of the economy . Piemonte shares its excellence and ethical values in any deals and investments , using state-of-theart competences to manage and administrate large scale projects , dedicated to technological innovation and economic development .
Since 2019 , Piemonte has invested in the Elea Digital Project , a data center holding company which is already one of the core digital infrastructure projects in Latin America . p
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