China’s BYD, Tsingshan scrap plans for Chile lithium plants

SANTIAGO: Chinese automaker BYD and metals group Tsingshan are backing out of multi-million dollar plans to build lithium cathode plants in Chile, the country’s economic development agency said on Wednesday. The retreat by the two huge Chinese companies is …

World’s Largest Nature-Finance Summit Opens in Chile

The world’s largest-ever gathering on nature-finance opened Tuesday in Chile. The event brings together over 130 countries to advance global biodiversity goals and unlock sustainable funding for conservation. The 6 Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance …

AWS to Invest Over $4 Billion in New Cloud Infrastructure Region in Chile

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a landmark $4 billion investment to establish a new AWS South America (Chile) Region by the end of 2026. The cloud infrastructure region will consist of three Availability Zones and will provide Chilean organizations …

Amazon commits $4 billion in Chile for data centers

Amazon has committed to investing $4 billion in Chile to develop and maintain an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure region of data centers in the South American country. The investment will support the construction, connection, operation, and …

Amazon to pump US$4 Billion in AWS cloud infrastructure in Chile

Amazon announced it will invest $4 billion to build cloud infrastructure for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division in Chile by the end of 2026. The new AWS Region - Amazon’s third in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico - will allow governments, …

Amazon to invest $4bn in Chile data center region

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has committed to investing more than $4 billion in developing a cloud region in Chile by the end of 2026. The investment will support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of data centers in the country. At …

Chinese giants BYD and Tsingshan pull out of lithium projects in Chile

Two major Chinese firms, BYD and Tsingshan, have abandoned plans to build lithium cathode plants in Chile, a significant blow to the South American nation’s ambitions to boost domestic lithium processing. Chile, the world’s second-largest lithium producer, …

Amazon investing more than $4B in Chile cloud infrastructure

Amazon Web Services is expanding its South American infrastructure. Amazon Inc. is significantly increasing the presence of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted cloud services platform in Chile. The online giant plans to launch an AWS infrastructure region …

Chile: Elecard, Grupo Z partnership

Elecard, a developer and provider of video analysis and quality monitoring solutions, has announced a partnership with Grupo Z, a Chilean provider of CDN and streaming services. The collaboration marks a step toward introducing advanced video streaming …

The largest copper discovery in the last 30 years took place in the Atacama region of Chile