Alexandre Silveira
Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy.
Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira said the new grid-access policy gives developers more predictability as the policy's opening auction, held on 6 and 7 October 2026, handed three data centres all 228 MW.
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Alexandre Silveira, as Mines and Energy Minister, endorsed the opening competitive round of Brazil's transmission-access policy on 6 and 7 October 2026, saying the policy offers developers more predictability. Qualified demand at the four São Paulo connection points reached 451 MW; three data-centre projects shared the 228 MW available.
Silveira's promise met a challenge on the round's opening day, when a federal appeals judge allowed the regulator 48 hours to rule on developer Pahlavan's attempt to hold capacity covered by its earlier contracts. In September 2026 President Lula had signed the Redata law, a package of federal tax breaks for data-centre construction.
Silveira has been minister since 1 January 2023 in Lula's government. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a senator for Minas Gerais in 2022 and a federal deputy from 2007 to 2015. In March 2026 he ruled out standing in the 2026 election and said he would stay at the ministry.
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