Digital infrastructure · Tarija, Bolivia

Tarija Data Center

A modular, enterprise-grade data center financed in stages: a US$ 20 M target for phase one and up to US$ 50 M cumulative.

Stage: Pre-investment · site selection
Vehicle: Shares of a Bolivian S.A. (being incorporated)
Ticket: to be defined

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Schematic map of the three search zones along the Tarija – La Angostura – Bermejo 115 kV power corridor — Search zones A (Tarija substation), B (La Angostura substation) and C (corridor to Bermejo). Schematic map from the siting plan, not cadastral.

Summary

The project proposes an internationally oriented data center in Tarija built in modules: Bolivian anchor clients first (banking, insurance, telecoms, energy, industry, public sector), then regional clients. Planned services: colocation, racks and cages, power and cooling by capacity, connectivity, private and hybrid cloud, backup and disaster recovery. AI/HPC capacity only when there is contracted demand.

The thesis is to build a digital-infrastructure platform rather than "a building with servers": anchor contracts before the big CAPEX, electrical, thermal and connectivity redundancy from the design stage, and expansion only when utilization, contracts and financing justify the next phase. Reference architecture aligned with Tier III; no certification is announced until obtained.

No parcel has been selected yet and the dossier says so explicitly: no land is bought before firm power, diverse fiber, property rights and zoning are confirmed. The first investment milestone is not the land; it is the written answer from ENDE, SETAR and the fiber operators.

The numbers

Only figures present in the project documentation. They are planning assumptions, not quotes or commitments.

US$ 20 Mphase-one target investment (planning assumption)

US$ 50 Mcumulative target investment with modular expansion

20 hatarget site (200,000 m²); search minimum 40 acres ≈ 16.2 ha

115 kVTarija – La Angostura – Bermejo corridor, 182 km, in operation since August 2022 (ENDE)

up to 50 MWsite power target used as a search criterion; IT load is defined by engineering (study scenarios of 1, 2 and 5 MW)

24 monthsreference infrastructure schedule, 14 activities, from land search to modular expansion

What is needed

Phase-one capital

Target up to US$ 20 M, released against technical and commercial milestones. Minimum ticket per investor: to be defined.

Technical partner or operator

A data-center operator with a verifiable track record, as co-investor or joint-venture partner.

Anchor clients

3 to 5 letters of intent convertible into conditional contracts; the plan foresees 30–40 structured interviews.

Core team

Development, data-center engineering, power, telecoms, finance, legal and sales.

Timeline

Months 1–3Land search and evaluation → shortlist of parcels
Months 1–4Power (SETAR / ENDE) and fiber (ENTEL plus a second carrier) feasibility → formal answers
Months 2–4Topographic, geotechnical and hydrological studies
Months 3–5Conditional land purchase and legal review → verified title
Months 4–9Preliminary design, base design, environmental and building permits
Months 7–11Contracting and long-lead procurement
Months 9–18Site works, substation and grid connection, phase-one buildings and modules
Months 18–24Integrated testing, commissioning of phase one and modular expansion

Team

Promoter and local contact: That's Gonna Help · Alex Khvoinitskii, Tarija
Vehicle company: SMILODON Infraestructura Digital S.A. (working name, not yet incorporated or reserved)
Lawyers and accountants in Bolivia: to be defined
Operating partner: to be defined

Documents

Available under NDA to qualified parties. Request them through the form.

Full project dossier (13 Oct 2026)under NDA · on request
Legal proposal: incorporation of the S.A.under NDA · on request
Technical consultations SETAR / ENTELunder NDA · on request
Strategic siting plan · 115 kV corridorunder NDA · on request
Preliminary siting report · Yuncharáunder NDA · on request
Infrastructure proposal · 20 ha modular campusunder NDA · on request
RFI-TJA-DC-2026-01 · site acquisitionunder NDA · on request

Risks you need to know

Firm power is not confirmed: there is no letter from ENDE or SETAR yet with capacity, works, costs and date. Without it the project does not move to a land purchase.
No site selected. The Constitution (art. 262) restricts foreign ownership within 50 km of the border; zones B and C need a legal opinion before being considered.
Demand to be validated: the Bolivian colocation market has no reliable public figures; the plan builds it bottom-up with interviews and letters of intent.
"50 MW" is a site-search criterion; the dossier works with scenarios of up to 5 MW of IT load. An independent review noted that the US$ 25 M reference infrastructure budget does not cover a full 50 MW build.
No NPV, IRR or EBITDA is presented: verified tariffs, energy costs and contracts are missing. Any return figure would be false precision.

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