Brazil’s Data Center Boom Is Enabled by Renewables Firms—With LaÃs Martins
Paris Marx is joined by LaÃs Martins to discuss how Brazil’s renewable energy industry is fueling data center expansion, greenwashing, and harm to local communities.
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Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ LaÃs Martins / Tech Won’t Save Us
Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. LaÃs 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.
LaÃs Martins is a technology reporter at The Intercept Brasil.
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The Scala Data Centers facility in Barueri, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on March 9, 2026.
(Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images)Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. LaÃs 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.
LaÃs Martins is a technology reporter at The Intercept Brasil.
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Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ LaÃs Martins / Tech Won’t Save Us
Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. LaÃs 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.
LaÃs Martins is a technology reporter at The Intercept Brasil.
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