Powe ed by Itaipú Hyd oelect ic Dam, ew pa t e ship b i gs 100% e ewable e e gy to powe C usoe Cloud
ASUNCIÓN, Pa aguay, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C usoe, the AI facto y compa y, today a ou ced a st ategic pa t e ship with Pa aguaya e e gy a d i f ast uctu e develope A aico to build high-pe fo ma ce AI compute i f ast uctu e powe ed by the Itaipú Hyd oelect ic Dam. Buildi g o C usoe’s established e e gy-fi st st ategy, the i itiative ma ks C usoe’s fi st dedicated AI Cloud deployme t i Lati Ame ica. This p oject adva ces the compa y’s app oach of locati g AI compute di ectly at abu da t e e gy sou ces wo ldwide.
U de the pa t e ship, C usoe pla s to b i g a i itial deployme t o li e i mid-2027, with a path to scale to 106 MW of IT capacity a d lo g-te m optio s to expa d to app oximately 280 MW total. Located adjace t to the Itaipú substatio , the facility will tap di ectly i to o e of the la gest a d most eliable 100% e ewable hyd oelect ic powe sou ces i the wo ld, a d will se ve both U.S. cloud custome s a d g owi g i – egio dema d ac oss Lati Ame ica th ough C usoe Cloud.
Pa aguay’s P eside t Sa tiago Peña said: “This pa t e ship betwee C usoe a d A aico di ectly u locks ew value f om ou atu al esou ces. It b i gs jobs, i vestme t, tech ology, a d i ovatio to Pa aguay, a d gives us a scalable model to c eate mea i gful, lasti g cha ge fo the Pa aguaya people. This is a oppo tu ity fo Pa aguay to establish itself as a egio al leade i AI i f ast uctu e.”
Deputy Sec eta y of State Ch istophe La dau, who was leadi g a U.S. busi ess delegatio i Pa aguay whe the ag eeme t was sig ed, hailed its histo ic scope a d sig ifica ce. “Pa aguay’s abu da t hyd oelect ic e e gy c eates e o mous oppo tu ities fo eco omic g owth a d jobs, a d I’m delighted that Ame ica capital a d k ow-how will establish Pa aguay as a wo ld-class tech powe house,” said La dau. “This p oject has the pote tial to be the la gest p ivate fo eig i vestme t i Pa aguaya histo y a d ei fo ces the st o g a d lo gsta di g bo ds betwee ou cou t ies.”
“C usoe was fou ded o a simple idea: build digital i f ast uctu e whe e powe is abu da t, accessible a d e vi o me tally-alig ed,” said Cully Cav ess, Co-fou de , P eside t, a d Chief St ategy Office of C usoe. “Pa aguay’s u ique histo y a d geog aphy have e abled o e of the most abu da t e ewable powe sou ces i the wo ld th ough the Itaipú Hyd oelect ic Dam. C usoe’s e e gy-fi st st ategy is desig ed p ecisely to u lock a d add value to this ki d of powe esou ce th ough adva ced digital i f ast uctu e. O behalf of the whole C usoe team, we look fo wa d to maki g this p oject a success fo the people of Pa aguay, fo ou local pa t e s a d fo C usoe.”
C usoe’s app oach i Pa aguay pai s local i f ast uctu e developme t expe tise with C usoe’s AI facto y a d cloud ope atio s t ack eco d. A aico will lead local developme t a d site i f ast uctu e adjace t to the Itaipú substatio , while C usoe will ma age, ope ate, a d delive the physical compute fo C usoe Cloud.
“Pa t e i g with C usoe b i gs wo ld-class AI i f ast uctu e to Pa aguay while showcasi g ou atio ’s e ewable e e gy leade ship o a global scale,” said Aleja d o Zuccolillo, CEO of A aico. “By pai i g Itaipú’s massive hyd oelect ic capacity with C usoe’s ability to build a d ma age AI i f ast uctu e, we a e captu i g maximum value f om Pa aguay’s e ewable powe ight he e at home, a d t a sfo mi g ou e e gy abu da ce i to high-tech i dust ial g owth, local jobs, a d digital i ovatio .”
The Pa aguay deployme t st e gthe s C usoe’s g owi g global footp i t of e e gy-alig ed AI i f ast uctu e, exte di g its each ac oss No th Ame ica, Eu ope, a d ow Lati Ame ica while deepe i g digital i f ast uctu e ties th oughout the Weste Hemisphe e.
