By Luciana Magalhaes and Leticia Fucuchima

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Omnia, a data center company owned by Brazilian investment firm Patria, said on Monday it has joined the project to develop a 50 billion real ($9.25 billion) data center in Brazil that is expected to have TikTok as its sole client.

Omnia partnered with the Brazilian renewable energy generator Casa dos Ventos to develop the facility, which will be located in the Pecem port complex in the northeastern state of Ceara, executives from both firms told Reuters.

Brazilian government officials have publicly said that TikTok is involved in the project, although ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the short-video app, declined to comment on the matter.

Sources familiar with the project confirmed to Reuters the data center will

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