Latin America Datacenter Infrastructure and Cloud Services

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Meet the Experts

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Diego Anesini

VP, Data and Analytics, Latin America & Country Manager, Mexico

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Enrique Phun

Senior Analyst, Software, Latin America

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Pietro Delai

Research Director, Latin America Enterprise Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Worldwide Infrastructure Research



The IT infrastructure landscape in Latin America (LATAM) is undergoing a significant transformation, influenced by evolving technology trends, currency volatility, and a notable enhancement in regional connectivity. The transition toward a variable cost framework is now at the forefront of the capital expenditure (capex) versus operational expenditure (opex) debate. Furthermore, the advent of artificial intelligence is reshaping the strategic deployment of IT resources across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.

This program will delve into the strategic planning and prioritization that IT executives in Latin America are applying to workload migrations within the diverse environment options available, including on-premises solutions, datacenter outsourcing, and the integration of hybrid and multicloud strategies.


Markets and Subjects Analyzed


  • Current and planned environment for executing business workloads in Latin America
  • Trends and preferences by environment, from on-premises to third-party datacenter to cloud
  • Repatriation trend and the reasons behind it
  • Hybrid and multicloud adoption

Core Research


  • Datacenter and Cloud Implementation Plans
  • IDC FutureScape: Latin America IT Industry 2025 Predictions
  • Latin America IT Investment Plans
  • IDC MarketScape: Latin America Datacenter Services 2024 Vendor Assessment

In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.


Key Questions Answered


  1. What is the current footprint of IT infrastructure?
  2. What are the preferences and selecting criteria for third-party datacenters?
  3. How is the road map to cloud?
  4. What is the adoption of multicloud and hybrid environments? How much of it is on private cloud and on traditional deployments?
  5. Where do the IT executives run their main workloads, and where do they plan to move?
  6. How intense is the repatriation motion in LATAM, and what are the reasons behind it?