“Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center”, 08 September 2025
…In late August, an Indigenous group in the Brazilian state of Ceará, in the country’s northeast, brought a formal complaint before federal authorities, asking them to halt the development of a TikTok data center they said was being built on their land…
The Anacé have long claimed the area where TikTok and Casa dos Ventos, a wind energy company that will power the data center, are to be built. Its leaders say their right to consultation — guaranteed under an international agreement — was violated, and that their concerns about the project’s water consumption are being ignored…
The permit process requires Indigenous communities to be consulted before construction on their land, but authorities did not discuss the data center with the Anacé because they do not have official ownership of the land, Ulisses Costa, director of environmental protection and control at the state environmental agency, told Rest of World. The developers have received the necessary authorizations from the local water department, he said…
Now, the Anacé are demanding the immediate suspension of the environmental permit process for the TikTok data center, and annulment of the permits already granted. The full impact of the project was not properly assessed, they say. One concern is that the daily water consumption estimate of 30,000 liters disclosed by the developer is too low in comparison to similar projects…
TikTok did not respond to questions from Rest of World on whether it initiated a consultation with the Anacé. Casa dos Ventos told Rest of World the land allocated for the data center does not overlap with any titled Indigenous lands, and that the company has followed environmental licensing rules…
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