Amazon Is Said to Pit Argentina Versus Chile in Data-Center Race
- Macri held meeting with Amazon executive to make pitch
- Company sent team to evaluate cloud demand, tax system
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Argentina is in the running along with Chile to be the site of a new data center for Amazon.com Inc. in South America, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of President Mauricio Macri’s success in bringing the nation back into the global economy.
Macri met with Elaine Feeney, Amazon’s vice president for global infrastructure expansion, in New York late last year. Chile held several meetings with Amazon up through mid-2017, and President Michelle Bachelet visited Amazon’s headquarters during a trip to the U.S. in June. Amazon is still deciding how to proceed and could ultimately end up with sites in both locations, another person said.