Google Cloud in Chile: why the country is its third-largest market in Latin America and what it means for businesses

Google Cloud in Chile is the company's third most important market in Latin America, behind only Brazil and Mexico. That is what Eduardo López, Google's president for Latin America, said in an interview with Diario Financiero published on November 11, 2026, during the Google Cloud Summit in Santiago.

The company did not disclose sales by country. But public data from Google and its parent company, Alphabet, help explain why a country with a much smaller population than Brazil or Mexico makes the region's podium, and what that means for companies investing in technology.

3rd

Chile's rank in Latin America

after Brazil and Mexico

US$ 30,709 M

Global revenue in the quarter

July to September 2026

103%

Annual growth

versus the same quarter of 2025

2021

Cloud region in Santiago

with three expansions since then

Source: Alphabet, third quarter 2026 results (SEC) and Diario Financiero (Nov 11, 2026)

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Chile's rank in Latin America	3rd | after Brazil and Mexico
Global revenue in the quarter	US$ 30,709 M | July to September 2026
Annual growth	103% | versus the same quarter of 2025
Cloud region in Santiago	2021 | with three expansions since then

Google Cloud in Chile: the region's third-largest market

According to López, the cloud business in Latin America follows the company's global growth trend, although he did not say what share of revenue comes from the region. The closest data point is Alphabet's: its revenue in "Other Americas," which combines Canada and Latin America, reached US$ 7,101 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 17% from a year earlier, according to its earnings release. That figure includes all of Google's businesses, not just the cloud.

Globally, the cloud is now Alphabet's growth engine:

• 2025
• 2026

Revenue15,157 US$ M30,709 US$ M

Operating income3,594 US$ M11,121 US$ M

Source: Alphabet, third quarter 2026 results (SEC)

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	2025	2026
Revenue	15,157 US$ M	30,709 US$ M
Operating income	3,594 US$ M	11,121 US$ M

Revenue doubled and operating income tripled in one year. Alphabet attributes this to "huge demand" for its AI infrastructure and AI solutions. To sustain that pace, the company invested US$ 51,355 million in the quarter, mainly in technical infrastructure for AI.

The infrastructure behind Google Cloud in Chile

Google Cloud in Chile did not reach third place because of market size, but because of infrastructure built up over more than a decade. These are the milestones, according to Google:

Year	Milestone
2012	Google announces its first data center in South America, in Quilicura
2019	The Curie subsea cable, connecting Chile with California, lands in Valparaíso
2021	The Google Cloud region in Santiago opens
2021-2026	The region has three expansions, according to López
2026	The second phase of the Quilicura data center moves forward
Upcoming	Humboldt subsea cable, between Chile and Asia-Pacific

Sources: Google, 15 years in Chile (May 27, 2026), Google, 10 facts about the Quilicura data center (Mar 31, 2026) and Diario Financiero.

Having a cloud region in the country means companies can store and process their data in Chile, with lower latency than if they relied on servers in Brazil or the United States. López explained that the company monitors the use of its infrastructure and anticipates demand: each expansion takes at least ten months, because of the time needed for equipment and its import. He did not disclose amounts or dates for new expansions.

The Quilicura data center also has its own figures. According to Google, in 2024 it ran on 92% carbon-free energy on an hourly basis, with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.09, and consumed 121.8 million gallons of water (about 461 million liters), supplied by Aguas Andinas. The company estimates that its digital infrastructure investments in Chile added about CLP 191.6 billion to GDP and supported around 5,520 jobs a year, on average between 2021 and 2023. Energy supply is key for this industry; we analyze it in our story on renewable energy in Chile.

Which industries drive the cloud in Chile

Across Latin America, the two sectors that use Google Cloud the most are financial services and retail. The third varies by country: in Colombia it is oil and gas, and in Chile it is manufacturing and mining. López anticipated that over the next two or three years the company will organize itself to better serve those three pillars, which "in theory, for Chile, will drive AI and Chile's GDP."

The challenge: making AI deliver results

For López, the main challenge for Latin American companies is no longer adopting artificial intelligence, but getting it to deliver concrete results. He gave an example: a large Brazilian company developed about 400 AI agents in one year, and only 40, one in ten, had an impact on the business. That is why, he said, companies now define the business case and the return on investment from the start.

Agents developed in one year400 agents

With business impact40 agents

Source: Diario Financiero (Nov 11, 2026)

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Agents developed in one year	400 agents
With business impact	40 agents

It is the same logic as data-based decision making: measure before scaling. And it matches what local surveys show about investment in artificial intelligence by Chilean companies.