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AI Fuels Surge in Private Latin America Infrastructure Bets
- Road, sanitation concessions are attracting global investors
- Projects backed by private equity funds doubled in 2024
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With demand growing globally for data centers for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, infrastructure investors are betting on Latin America as an opportunity, pointing to its renewable energy resources and government incentives.
In addition to data projects, investors are also being attracted to some of the biggest privatization programs in the world in sectors such as sanitation and roads as governments in the region try to close the gap between massive infrastructure needs and their scarce financial resources.