Omnia and Casa dos Ventos finalize a $2 billion power agreement to support TikTok's data center in Brazil.

      The data-centre developer backed by Pátria is purchasing renewable energy from Brazil’s largest independent generator to support a 200 MW campus in Pecém, which will be ByteDance’s first facility in Latin America. Omnia, the data-centre developer backed by Pátria Investimentos, has entered into a nearly $2 billion energy-supply agreement with Casa dos Ventos, Brazil's leading independent renewable-energy producer, as reported by Reuters. This contract supports the energy requirements of a 200 MW data centre being established in the Pecém port area in Ceará, marking ByteDance's initial dedicated infrastructure presence in Latin America.

      The energy deal is a significant detail in a project whose framework has been publicly presented since November 2025. The total investment now hovers around $9.8 billion involving three key partners. ByteDance is set to invest $7-8 billion for IT infrastructure that will populate the data racks. Omnia, which assumed the developer role after the Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE sanctioned its control over the Pecém facility in November, will contribute approximately $2 billion toward site infrastructure. Casa dos Ventos is investing around 3.5 billion reais for new wind capacity allocated to the campus.

      The $2 billion power-supply agreement announced today represents the long-term offtake arrangement that will transform Casa dos Ventos's generation capacity into the primary energy source for the data centre. The project's significance lies in its scale; it is slated to be the largest single-client data centre planned in Brazil, designed with a 300 MW power consumption capacity supporting a 200 MW productive load.

      Casa dos Ventos has been acquiring wind farms specifically to support the offtake, including a 350 MW asset designated for the campus and an 828 MW wind complex servicing the broader Pecém industrial area. According to available reports, the grid connection for the Pecém project has been secured.

      The geopolitical aspect cannot be overlooked. ByteDance, headquartered in Beijing and owner of TikTok, has been advocating a data-sovereignty narrative in its major consumer markets, supported by a program it refers to as ‘Project Clover’ in Europe, along with similar data residency commitments in other regions. The company has pledged €1 billion for a second data centre in Lahti, Finland, and €12 billion for an expanded data-centre presence in Europe, which includes a Norwegian facility nearing completion. In Asia, it has committed ₿842 billion (approximately $25 billion) to an expansion in Thailand, which received government approval earlier this year. Brazil represents the Latin American component of this broader strategy.

      The economic conditions in Ceará, rather than the southeast data-centre corridors, are favorable. Pecém boasts port infrastructure, an established industrial complex with favorable tax treatments, and access to plentiful wind and solar energy generation. For the past five years, Ceará has been positioning itself as the green-energy gateway for hyperscale growth in Brazil, with the Casa dos Ventos agreement serving as a strong commercial validation of this approach.

      Pátria’s involvement recasts the deal not only as a technology-oriented initiative but also as a private-equity infrastructure transaction. Earlier this year, Omnia consolidated the data-centre development asset, with Pátria implementing a clear Brazilian infrastructure strategy across renewables, fiber, and data centres. The structure follows a familiar private equity model: taking on the roles of developer and asset holder within a long-term tenant-backed contract, then selling project equity to institutional investors as construction progresses. Data Center Dynamics provides the most thorough external coverage of this development.

      However, today's Reuters report does not clarify the duration of the power contract between Omnia and Casa dos Ventos, nor the price per MWh associated with it. Both details will be crucial as other hyperscale companies begin negotiations leveraging the same northeastern Brazilian wind resources. Casa dos Ventos has also been entering into parallel corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with industrial clients like ADM and Braskem, and these data-centre agreements will likely set the benchmark price for that asset class on the northeastern Brazilian grid.

      The $2 billion figure, on the clearest interpretation, represents the total contracted value over the agreement's duration rather than an immediate payment. Construction is set to progress through 2026, with the first phase of operations anticipated to begin in 2027. Although ByteDance has not publicly confirmed its role as the anchor tenant, Brazilian government representatives and several sources at Reuters have verified this.

      The critical takeaway from the deal is that ByteDance’s data sovereignty initiative has now established visibility across four continents simultaneously, with the Brazilian power-supply agreement being the element that transformed the public proposal into a solid financial commitment.