Data centers in Costa Rica
32 data centers are listed in Costa Rica. The cities with the most listings are San José (16), Cartago (5), Alajuela (2), Heredia (2) and Cañas (1); together they hold 81% of them. The operators with the most listings are Ideas Gloris S.A. (3), Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (2) and Instituto Nacional de Seguros (2), out of 20 named operators.
By type, the listings in Costa Rica are 59% enterprise, 28% unclassified and 6% hyperscaler-owned. Across all listed countries the enterprise share is 16%.
Worldwide, Costa Rica ranks 41st of 152 countries by number of listings, with under 1% of all listed facilities. In Central America it ranks 2nd of 7; the others with the most listings are Mexico (89), Guatemala (9) and Panama (9).
The three operators with the most listings hold 22% of them; 17 of the 20 named operators have a single listed facility here. 19 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (15 Tier III, 3 Tier IV and 1 Tier II). Tier IV: Centro de Datos Principal, Centro de Datos Alterno and Centro de Procesamiento de Datos del Ministerio de Hacienda Data Center.
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Facilities
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Operators
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Cities
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Colocation
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Hyperscaler
Cities
Facilities
| Facility | Operator | City | Status | Published MW | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services data center, San José | Amazon Web Services | San José | Hyperscaler | ||
| Archivo Judicial | not recorded | Heredia | Unclassified | ||
| Banco Nacional data center | Banco Nacional | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Cómputo | not recorded | San José | Unclassified | ||
| Centro de Datos Alterno | Instituto Nacional de Seguros | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Datos Principal | Instituto Nacional de Seguros | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Datos Principal de Mucap | Mutual Cartago de Ahorro y Prestamo, Mucap | Cartago | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Datos RECOPE, El Alto | RECOPE | Cartago | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos del CFBNCR | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | Santo Domingo | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos del Ministerio de Hacienda Data Center | Ministerio de Haciendade Costa Rica | Goicoechea | Enterprise | ||
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos Principal de Banco Popular | Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal | San José | Enterprise | ||
| CIS Data Center | not recorded | San Rafael | Unclassified | ||
| Codisa Data Center I | Ideas Gloris S.A. | San José | Enterprise | ||
| CODISA Data Center - II | Ideas Gloris S.A. | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Continum DataCenter | not recorded | Cañas | Unclassified | ||
| CPD de la Universidad Nacional, Phase 1 | Universidad Nacional (UNA) | Heredia | Enterprise | ||
| CPP Aranjuez | Banco de Costa Rica | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Data center cyberfuel | not recorded | Pozos | Unclassified | ||
| Data Center ICE, Guatuso | not recorded | Cartago | Unclassified | ||
| Data Center Principal | Grupo Mutual Alajuela La Vivienda | Alajuela | Enterprise | ||
| Data Center Tiribí, Phase 1 | Liberty Costa Rica | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Datacenter Costa Rica | ADN Datacenters | Alajuela | Colocation | ||
| DC-CR2 | Navégalo S.A. | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Edificio de Operaciones | not recorded | not recorded | Unclassified | ||
| GDS Datacenter | Green Data Services S.A. | Tilaran | Enterprise | ||
| ICE data center | ICE | Cartago | Unclassified | ||
| IDC-Guatuso | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | Cartago | Enterprise | ||
| InPursuit - Green Data Centers | not recorded | San José | Unclassified | ||
| Kosmos 2 (K2) Data Center, Suites 3–5 | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Microsoft data center, Avenida 12 | Microsoft | San José | Hyperscaler | ||
| NAP de Centroamerica CCN | Ideas Gloris S.A. | San José | Enterprise | ||
| Sede CR-SJO Data Center | Critical Colocation | San José | Colocation |
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Ideas Gloris S.A. | 3 |
| Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Seguros | 2 |
| ADN Datacenters | 1 |
| Amazon Web Services | 1 |
| Banco Nacional | 1 |
| Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | 1 |
| Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal | 1 |
| Banco de Costa Rica | 1 |
| Critical Colocation | 1 |
| Green Data Services S.A. | 1 |
| Grupo Mutual Alajuela La Vivienda | 1 |
| ICE | 1 |
| Liberty Costa Rica | 1 |
| Microsoft | 1 |
| Ministerio de Haciendade Costa Rica | 1 |
| Mutual Cartago de Ahorro y Prestamo, Mucap | 1 |
| Navégalo S.A. | 1 |
| RECOPE | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional (UNA) | 1 |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Costa Rica
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Centro de Datos Alterno | Instituto Nacional de Seguros | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents; M&O Stamp of Approval) |
| Centro de Datos Principal | Instituto Nacional de Seguros | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents; M&O Stamp of Approval) |
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos del Ministerio de Hacienda Data Center | Ministerio de Haciendade Costa Rica | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Datos RECOPE, El Alto | RECOPE | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Silver Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos del CFBNCR | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos Principal de Banco Popular | Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| CODISA Data Center - II | Ideas Gloris S.A. | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| CPD de la Universidad Nacional, Phase 1 | Universidad Nacional (UNA) | Tier III (Bronze Certification of Operational Sustainability; Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CPP Aranjuez | Banco de Costa Rica | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Principal | Grupo Mutual Alajuela La Vivienda | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Tiribí, Phase 1 | Liberty Costa Rica | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Datacenter Costa Rica | ADN Datacenters | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| DC-CR2 | Navégalo S.A. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| GDS Datacenter | Green Data Services S.A. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| IDC-Guatuso | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Kosmos 2 (K2) Data Center, Suites 3–5 | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| NAP de Centroamerica CCN | Ideas Gloris S.A. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents; M&O Stamp of Approval) |
| Sede CR-SJO Data Center | Critical Colocation | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents; M&O Stamp of Approval) |
| Centro de Datos Principal de Mucap | Mutual Cartago de Ahorro y Prestamo, Mucap | Tier II (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Codisa Data Center I | Ideas Gloris S.A. | M&O Stamp of Approval |