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title: "Scala AI City (Scala Data Centers), Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil — campus ledger — The AI Compute Race — DRYBURGH · The Compute Economy"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/scala-ai-city
description: "Scala AI City: missed. 0 MW evidenced of 4,750 MW announced or estimated, end of August 2026 reading; operations promised by 11 September 2026."
---

# Scala AI City (Scala Data Centers), Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Scala Data Centers (DigitalBridge)

Scala AI City (Scala Data Centers; Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) was promised operations by 11 September 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 4,750 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: missed.

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Announced or estimated (IT load) 4,750 MW

Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026 0 MW

The book’s verdict Missed

The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it.

The promise and the record, on one line. The book’s verdict: **Missed**.

- Promised 11 September 2026
- Evidence read 27 September 2026
- Today Nov 2026

**0 MW** evidenced at the end-of-August 2026 reading, of 4,750 MW announced or estimated (0%).

## The announcement

**Announced or estimated capacity (IT load):** 4,750 MW

**Where the announcement was read:** [scaladatacenters.com](https://scaladatacenters.com/en/with-an-initial-investment-of-usd-500-million-scala-data-centers-and-rio-grande-do-sul-government-sign-agreement-for-largest-digital-infrastructure-project-in-the-state-of-southern-brazil/)

**When it was read:** 11 September 2024

## The promise

**Promised by:** 11 September 2026

**What was promised:** operations

**Where the promise was read:** [teletime.com.br](https://teletime.com.br/11/09/2024/scala-anuncia-investimento-de-r-3-bilhoes-em-data-center-no-rs/)

## At the close of the record

**Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026:** 0 MW

**Where the evidence was read:** [investmentmonitor.ai](https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/news/scala-data-centers-brazil-ai-city/)

**When it was read:** 27 September 2026

**The book’s verdict:** Missed

## The book’s note

4,750 MW is the end-state; the promise is the first 54 MW within two years of 11 Sep 2024. No energization found in a search to the close (close sweep, ch11 §8); in April 2026 construction of the first phase was put toward the end of 2026. Chapter 12 scores it missed. Slippage matrix row 11. Status word aligned with the book’s August 2026 compilation’s table of promised dates at rev 589 (6 Oct 2026): the first 54 MW of IT capacity, due 11 September 2026, missed.

## Also

**Who is involved:**

- developer [Scala Data Centers](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/scala-data-centers)
- owner [DigitalBridge](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/digitalbridge)

## Questions about this campus

**Is Scala AI City energized?:** Scala AI City (Scala Data Centers; Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) was promised operations by 11 September 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 4,750 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: missed.

**When was Scala AI City promised to be energized?:** Scala AI City was promised operations by 11 September 2026.

**Who is building Scala AI City?:** Scala Data Centers (developer), DigitalBridge (owner).

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