Can Paraguay assign long-term power to data centers?

Is Paraguay Ready to Assign Long-Term Power to Data Centers?

The real bottleneck
Regional comparison
What ANDE must solve

The real bottleneck

Paraguay has hydro surplus, but no clear rules yet to reserve megawatts for data centers over 15-20 years.

AI projects — X8 Cloud, Hive Digital, sovereign compute deals — all face the same question: who signs the power contract and at what rate?

Without a published paraguay data center energy policy, investors move blind.

Power exists. Predictable allocation does not — always.

Regional comparison

Country	Edge	Challenge
Chile	Advanced regulatory frame	Higher power costs
Brazil	Market scale	Mixed grid, bureaucracy
Uruguay	Stability	Less electrical surplus
Paraguay	Cheap, clean energy	Rules still drafting

Paraguay wins on cost but loses if Chile or Brazil publish bankable contracts first.

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For context on the country's power pressure, see Paraguay's power gap and profit opportunity.

What ANDE must solve

A credible data center energy policy needs:

Indexed tariffs for high-density loads (AI/GPU).
Published, binding connection timelines.
Transparent priority rules: industry vs. export vs. compute.

Until that exists, Paraguay competes on promises. Once it exists, on contracts.

That gap decides whether the country attracts infrastructure or headlines only.

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