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Who is Grupo ICE?
Grupo ICE (Grupo Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) is a state-owned Costa Rican utility and telecommunications group that provides electric power generation, transmission, distribution, and integrated telecom and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services for residential, enterprise, and public-sector customers.
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- Integrated electric power utility services, including generation, transmission, and distribution for Costa Rica’s national grid
- Telecommunications and network services (fixed, mobile, internet, and data) for consumer, enterprise, and government users
- Data, cloud-hosting, and ICT service portfolios for businesses and public institutions
- Infrastructure development, planning, and operation of energy and telecom networks at national scale
- Support, maintenance, and customer service operations aligned with regulated public-utility service models
More About Grupo ICE
Grupo ICE is the corporate group that encompasses Costa Rica’s national electricity and telecommunications entities and operates as a vertically integrated provider of power and network services. For enterprise and institutional stakeholders, the group functions as a core infrastructure operator that supplies grid electricity and converged telecom services, with contracts and service models adapted to government agencies, large businesses, and critical infrastructure operators.
On the energy side, Grupo ICE is responsible for planning, developing, and operating generation assets and high-voltage transmission infrastructure, as well as coordinating distribution through its group entities. Its portfolio includes hydroelectric facilities and other renewable generation assets (energy infrastructure) that feed into Costa Rica’s interconnected national grid. In enterprise environments, this positions Grupo ICE as the default upstream utility for facilities power, industrial loads, data centers, and other mission-critical installations that require grid connectivity and, in some cases, dedicated or higher-capacity supply contracts under national regulation frameworks.
In telecommunications, Grupo ICE, through its telecom units, offers fixed-line voice, mobile services, broadband internet, and enterprise data connectivity (telecommunications). Services typically use standard network protocols and architectures such as IP-based networking, fiber-optic backbones, mobile cellular networks, and associated core network platforms, with options for business-grade connectivity, virtual private networks, and bundled voice-data solutions. For many organizations operating in Costa Rica, these services form the primary Wide Area Network (WAN) and connectivity layer linking branch offices, plants, offices, and public-sector entities to the national and international internet.
Grupo ICE also offers ICT and data-center-related services (cloud and hosting), including hosting, colocation-style services, and managed solutions that support enterprise workloads and public-sector information systems. These offerings use standard data-center technologies, virtualization platforms, and common operating systems, and are positioned for organizations that require local hosting within Costa Rica’s jurisdiction, often with direct high-capacity links to the group’s telecom backbone. This situates Grupo ICE as both an infrastructure provider and a service partner for agencies and companies that need to meet national compliance and data residency requirements.
Within an enterprise IT and infrastructure directory, Grupo ICE can be categorized under multiple domains: electric power utilities (energy generation and transmission), telecommunications services (fixed, mobile, internet, and data), and ICT services (hosting, cloud-like services, managed connectivity). Its role as a state-owned operator means many technology deployments and digital services in Costa Rica depend on its networks and grid, and enterprise architecture decisions for local operations often account for Grupo ICE’s available service tiers, interconnection options, and regulatory service frameworks.
Our description of Grupo ICE. Updated December 2025.
