In the global conflict of data centers, Brazil prepares tax incentives
Brazilian government is preparing to start New Data Centers Framework To attract more investments to Brazil and expand the country’s digital infrastructure.
This proposal launched by the President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva .
A. Policy of National Data Centers This allows IPI, PIS/Cofins to be exempt and import tax on equipment used in the implementation phase of the Centers. As the agency’s axes have been named as AS, the program is named Play.
The idea of releasing capex – is to spend on capital launch, ie, which means to build and prepare data centers.
According to the government, the special regime should attract $ 2 trillion investments in the next decade, which will increase the national production of electrical systems, cooling equipment and other industrial inputs. But the “product chain effect” increases.
This measurement was inspired by the moving, king, the most productive Brazilian, rapid depreciation, informatics law and green mobility fields such as the Brazilian semicome and technical progress.
Industrial Development Secretary of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce (MDIC), today, held 60% of Brazil’s digital infrastructure in Brazil’s digital infrastructure, especially in the United States.
“This means that if something happens tomorrow, if something happens tomorrow, for example, when you try to open your bank app and open, the server outside Brazil is slow. So, we need to advance these services.” CNN.
He believes that this dependence will produce an annual deficit between $ 6 billion to $ 8 billion in the services balance.
The program aims to strengthen the national production, and the incentives are connected to replicas.
“Investors can choose these purchases (in other countries), but have a national product, we will not release the import tax,” the secretary said. “In this specific object, we will argue that there is no import tax deduction,” he said.
This standard follows the logic of the former tariff, which is a mechanism that allows the import tax to be temporarily reduced when there is no equivalent national product.
“There is an important question, there is an important question: the ability to attend the field is required. So the policy is a deadline frame, which brings these investments to Brazil,” Morera said.
The government’s evaluation is that the country’s infrastructure expansion is strategic Digital sovereignty And reducing geographical political vulnerability.
The proposal was ordered by the Ministry of MDIC and the Finance, which was held abroad to improve the law.
The Finance Minister will submit a model to foreign entrepreneurs soon Fernando Haddad. The head of the financial team will leave for California next Wednesday (30), where they have meetings and events on the subject.
“The program is practically ready. We have no details to send it to President Lula and start it until the first half begin. This month, it is until May or June.”
Processing zones are concerned
Although recognizing the progress of the program, companies in the ICT sector are concerned about the possibility of installing data centers Export processing zones (zpes)A type of “free trade zones” that do not collect import or export taxes.
In 2024, the Brazilian Service Names (NBS) – signs of identifying what kind of services in Brazil – can be eligible in these territories that have data center services.
Today, the ZPE Act has been extended to include services, but has not yet been controlled.
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“It is controlled with the National Data Centers policy,” he said.
There was a distrust of national institutions indefinitely. If the industry representatives heard by the report under the Reserve are allowed to import equipment without the spa, it will weaken the local product, as Brazilian companies are able to meet and meet the demand.
“There are many companies here. At least 10 people do this product here. If the government does not help, we will lose this chain,” he told a spokesman.
Morera pointed out that the ZPE control is taking place in view of this balance.
“We are working to adopt a nationwide investment attraction, including Spa, we need to control what I said.”
“NBS has not been controlled yet for the data center. This is done at once with the national policy.”
The meeting was scheduled with representatives of the sectors and the Morera team next Monday (28) at MDIC.
