Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras has launched a tender seeking to enhance data processing and storage capabilities.

The tender has a strong emphasis on sustainability, with the initiative looking to integrate renewable energy, efficient water usage, and effective greenhouse gas management into its data center operations.

As reported by BN Americas, the tender, which was published on March 7, invites bids for data center colocation firms to host equipment for critical applications and high-performance computing systems.

Participation is restricted to companies operating within Brazil and consortiums are not permitted.

The primary service location is Petrobras’ data center in Rio de Janeiro.

Key requirements for bidders include operating at least one data center in Brazil with a minimum electrical capacity of 2.5MVA, certified by either TÜV Rhineland or the Uptime Institute, and holding a contract with a power distribution company for capacity supply.

In addition, the data center must be within a 500km radius of Petrobras’ existing facility in Rio de Janeiro. For the purpose of disaster recovery services, the facility must also be located in the São Paulo metropolitan area, with provisions for up to two server cages, each offering at least 50 sqm (540 sq ft).

Each data hall of the contracted company must provide at least 3.5MW of IT power. The supplier must also offer access and connectivity to cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and AWS, as well as the nation’s traffic exchange infrastructure, IX.br.

The tender also includes data center infrastructure management services and fiber optic installation. The contract will extend to the company’s administrative buildings and its headquarters in Santos.

Interested parties must submit their bids through Petrobras’ procurement platform, Petronect, by March 31, 2025.

Petrobras launched a similar tender in June 2023 for IT infrastructure support, cabling, data storage, and virtualization services. The tender specifically looked at supporting the company’s research center in Cenpes, Rio de Janeiro.

Petrobras is planning to invest $78 billion in investments for 2023-2027, $2.1bn of which will be dedicated to its digital transformation.