You asked. We listened. Brazil servers are coming to São Paulo in early 2026!
Today at gamescom latam, we announced that we have broken ground on a new data center in Brazil, which is slated to go live in early 2026. The new infrastructure will enhance the Roblox experience for millions of users in Brazil, providing improved performance and reduced latency nationwide.
Having a data center in Brazil includes a number of benefits:
Better frame rates, response times, and reduced jitter for players across the country
An improved experience for players enjoying high-fidelity, high-performance games
Support for all of Roblox’s cutting-edge developer tooling, enabling potentially more competitive, high-speed gameplay
Optimized performance on both high-spec and lower-end devices due to reduced latency and improved load times
A high-performance environment for creators’ games, growing creators’ Brazilian playerbase
This new data center is a major milestone in our long-term commitment to Brazil and our community of creators and players there. Investing in cutting-edge infrastructure directly in this region shows how seriously Roblox takes the potential of Brazil. This data center means a better experience for users and an even stronger foundation for creator innovation. Most of all, it shows our belief in the future of Brazilian creators– and we’re just getting started.
How come 2026? In early to mid 2024, I saw multiple Brazilian servers active from testing phases, so its not like the server space is just being renovated.
Because of connection stutters. Actually, if your connection stutters too much, you’re actually asked to update way more things in a short time, causing performance overheads. I mean, yes, this seems technical, but good to know.
Maybe did they have to think a lot about the position? Brazil is big, and you can’t put it in the northern region. Else, the southern people won’t be happy…
Anyway, I do know a lot of people from South America that play Roblox. This is typically the kind of change that the community likes.
With the upcoming servers in Brazil, what will be the environmental impact, particularly in terms of carbon footprint?
I apologize if I’m being a bit too focused on this, but it’s something I’m really curious about.
The fact that they said “broken ground” suggests that they’re actually building the physical data center from scratch. It’s possible that the testing servers were just rented from local providers or were generic leased office spaces that housed the test server equipment.
Though I wonder why they’re specifying Brazil since I imagine that this will benefit a large part of South America in general, especially since São Paolo is very central to the continent (at least in the North/South direction).
