📋 Tender Overview
The Science and Technology Commission (CCT) discusses again on Wednesday (28), from 10am, the project that deals with the regulation of data processing centers (CPDs), also known as Data Centers, focused on artificial intelligence applications (). The public hearing was requested () by the proposal rapporteur, Senator Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO).
The CCT has already performed. In the request for the new round of debate, Vanderlan points out that data centers are essential for the operation of systems in various sectors of the economy. For him, the lack of regulation can pose both environmental and digital security risks.
Authored by Senator Styvenson Valentim (Somos-RN), the project establishes guidelines for the operation of AI data centers, focusing on energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, digital security and user data protection. According to Styvenson, the proposal intends to respond to the challenges of the rapid growth of the sector, which requires robust infrastructure and consumes large volumes of energy.
Have already confirmed presence in the debate:
Director of the Department of Digital Transformation and Innovation of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), Cristiane Vianna Rauen
CEO of the Association of Information and Communication Technology and Digital Technology Companies (BRASSCOM), Affonso PARGA NINA
President of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES), Andriei Gutierrez
Associate Professor at the Federal University of Goias (UFG) Celso Camilo
Special Advisor to the Ministry of Finance Igor Marchesini Ferreira
The commission is still awaiting confirmation of the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME).
Camily Oliveira, under supervision of Patricia Oliveira
Senate Agency (reproduction authorized by citation of the Senate Agency)
