The growing global demand for the Internet and digital services has consolidated data centers as critical infrastructures for international trade, technological innovation, environmental sustainability and digital sovereignty, highlighting their strategic centrality in the digital economy. In the current international context, digital infrastructures have become objects of power struggle between the United States and China and have directly influenced the global geopolitical agenda and the dynamics between the Global North and South, especially in Brazil and other developing countries in Latin America.
This panel, co-organised by the Legal Fronts Institute and the Center for Technology and Society of the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Rio de Janeiro (CTS/FGV), aims to promote an in-depth analysis of the governance and strengthening of sustainable data center infrastructures in Latin America, identifying regional development proposals in the area, cyber vulnerabilities, environmental issues and regulatory barriers.
Moderator: Francisco Cavalcante – Legal Fronts Institute
Speakers:
- MarÃlia Maciel, Director of Digital Trade and Economic Security at Diplo (online)
- Alessandro Lombardi, CEO of Elea Data Centers
- Olga Cavalli, Dean of the Faculty of National Defense of Argentina
- Beatriz Souza, Researcher at CTS FGV Rio
- Rodrigo Abreu, Operating Partner at Patria Investments
