Brazilian Government Approves 46.3 Million Reais for Development of Data Center Management Platform

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 9, Brazil's Ministry of Communications announced that the federal government will invest 46.3 million reais (approximately 8.3 million US dollars) to develop an intelligent data center management platform called Prisma, which will use artificial intelligence technology to coordinate data processing and computing resource allocation among mini data centers in different regions. Project funding is managed by the Brazilian Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (Finep), and implementation is carried out by the Brazilian Center for Research and Development in Information and Communication Technology (CPQD), with a research and development period of 36 months. The project has been approved by the Management Committee of the Telecommunications Technology Development Fund (Funttel).

The Prisma platform will use artificial intelligence to identify the type, location, and computing requirements of data processing tasks, automatically determine which infrastructure facility should process the data, and allocate computing resources among different data centers. The infrastructure covered by the project includes mini data centers distributed across different regions of Brazil. Compared with the centralized data processing model, this architecture can deploy computing tasks closer to where data is generated and used, reducing data transmission distance and system response time.

Project implementation is undertaken by CPQD, located in Campinas, São Paulo State, with Finep responsible for fund management. Research and development work will focus on platform development, data scheduling, computing resource management, and infrastructure coordination. The Brazilian government plans to use this platform to support the expansion of mini data centers in different regions and increase local data storage and processing capabilities. Related application areas include healthcare, national defense, public security, education, and telecommunications.

Energy management is also an important component of platform research and development. Data centers continuously consume electricity to maintain server operation and cooling system operation. Prisma will incorporate power storage solutions to improve energy autonomy and service continuity under unstable power supply conditions. The project is expected to reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and carbon emissions by optimizing the allocation of computing tasks, while enhancing infrastructure resilience to power failures and cybersecurity protection levels.

The platform will also establish key data management mechanisms, complying with international security standards and the requirements of Brazil's General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD), with a focus on the protection of sensitive information and the management of data storage and processing permissions. The research and development period is 36 months, calculated from the date of formal signing of the research, development, and innovation cooperation agreement between Finep and CPQD.