Initiative to approve the project, which could attract billion-dollar investments in data centers, has the support of Alckmin, Durigan and Motta
Senators and deputies who are part of a coalition for the approval of Redata (Special Taxation Regime for Datacenter Services) coordinate a pressure movement on the president of the Senate, (União Brasil-AP), so that the project can be voted on in Casa Alta in the 1st semester.
The movement that works to advance the text is made up of 10 parliamentary fronts and 34 entities from the industry, technology and infrastructure sectors. In parallel, high-ranking members of the government are also moving to unlock Redata, since Palácio do Planalto is the original author of the proposal.
The project that has already passed the Chamber and is blocked in the Senate establishes the granting of tax incentives for companies that install or expand data center operations in Brazil.
The coalition’s assessment is that Brazil external investments with the delay in approving the project, which is expected to attract billion-dollar contributions from foreign companies in the technology sector such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft, according to o Poder360.
CONGRESS IN ARTICULATION
In recent weeks, at least 5 congressmen met with Alcolumbre to ask for the text to be discussed in the Senate. The vice-president joins the initiative (PSB), the Minister of Finance, and the president of the Chamber, (Republicanos-PB), who also took the demand to the president of the Senate in recent days.
One of the leaders of the movement is the deputy and former Minister of Communications (PSDB-MA), who discussed Redata with Alcolumbre this Tuesday (May 26, 2026), in a meeting at the Official Residence of the Senate.
The deputy presides over the Mixed Parliamentary Front for Telecommunications and Digital Solutions, which signed official adherence to the movement through Redata at a lunch with congressmen and executives who are part of the movement, also this Tuesday (May 26).
During a conversation with journalists at the event, Juscelino said that congressmen are asking Alcolumbre to schedule the vote in June, before the legislative recess in the middle of the year.
The assessment of congressmen who are part of the initiative is that there is no resistance from Alcolumbre. They understand that the tight calendar and the volume of projects awaiting analysis by Congress are hampering the progress of the text.
THE PELO PRESS IS RENDERED
Congressmen, associations and companies linked to the industry, technology and infrastructure sectors have increased pressure in recent weeks, with the of the “Manifesto for the approval of Redata and for Brazil’s digital future”.
The manifesto states that Brazil’s data center sector should receive R$60 billion to R$100 billion in new investments over the next 4 years. In the world, the expected figure for the segment in the coming years is $3 trillion.
Initially, Redata by MP (provisional measure) 1,318 of 2025, published by the government in September 2025. To gain definitive validity, the text would have to be approved by Congress by February 25, but .
Before the text expired, the deputy (PT-CE), then government leader in the Chamber, presented PL 278 of 2026 to replace the provisional measure. The text by deputies in the early hours of February 25th and is now awaiting analysis by senators.
MORE COMPETITIVE BRAZIL
Redata’s PL establishes the suspension of payment of federal taxes on the acquisition, domestically or by import, of equipment and technology components used in data centers. Read the of the project (PDF – 138 kB).
Among the taxes covered are the Import Tax, the IPI (Tax on Industrialized Products), the Contribution to PIS/Pasep and Cofins, including on import operations. In practice, these incentives significantly reduce the initial cost of which today represents one of the main barriers to the installation of these infrastructures in the country.
The suspension of taxes will be converted into a zero rate after compliance with a series of conditions established in the regime. Once investment requirements in R&D, sustainability, clean energy and capacity availability for the domestic market have been met, the equipment acquired will have definitive exemption these taxes, making Brazil more competitive in relation to other countries that .
