PecémByteDance is weighing a second, larger data center phase.

People familiar with the matter say the first 300 megawatts are under construction at the port in Brazil’s Ceará state.

The port project can qualify for tax incentives by serving customers abroad.

ByteDance has held only preliminary talks on a separate facility outside the port for Brazilian customers.

How each outlet framed it
TechNode
frames the Pecém expansion as a bid for tax incentives tied to serving foreign customers, plus a separate facility to serve Brazilian customers

Sources: TechNode