Event · Cloud and developers
Google's first cloud region in Latin America, in São Paulo (2017)
According to the Google Brazil blog, Google's first cloud region in Latin America opened in São Paulo in 2017, letting companies run workloads with low latency. The same text says Google's technical infrastructure investments in Brazil totaled R$1.6 billion between 2017 and 2022.
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Dates
- 2017 Launch · approximate date [1]
What the sources say
| Claim | Record | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure investment | R$1.6 billion between 2017 and 2022 Statement | 2 · Single primary source | [1] primary |
Historical captures
No archived capture has been located for this record yet.
Sources
- Google celebra 18 anos de Brasil: relembre conquistas e iniciativas que nos enchem de orgulho — Fabio Coelho — Google Brazil Blog, July 20, 2023. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · in Portuguese · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
What still needs documenting
- Exact date and Google Cloud announcement
- Other Brazilian milestones of the period: startup campus (2016), Grow with Google (2017), Plus Codes (2019)
On GD
GD has followed Google since 2006. Search GD for “Google Cloud São Paulo” (in Portuguese)
How to cite
"Google's first cloud region in Latin America, in São Paulo (2017)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/regiao-nuvem-sao-paulo-2017/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.
ID: regiao-nuvem-sao-paulo-2017 · Reviewed on November 2, 2026