Align strategies to develop AIFA corridor as data center hub

Mexico brings together all the elements to become the most important data centers hub in Latin America, with a combination of strategic location, specialized talent and a development regulatory framework, said Max Elmann, president of the Investment Committee of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE).

Entrepreneurs project that Mexico could attract 9.2 billion dollars in direct investments for data centers in the next five years; Direct investment such as indirect could reach 27,000 million dollars.

The CCE plays a key role as a facilitator for the arrival of investments in data centers to the country, whose work is to build bridges between the great global operators and the opportunities that Mexico offers, he explained.

“From the Aifa corridor, (Felipe Ángeles International Airport) which is where we are doing the first cluster, we still do not throw it,” said the businessman; The corridor was designated as one of the 15 development poles of the Mexico Plan.

“The entire northern corridor will be our first location zone to install the data centers clusters and thus attract investments to this region, this corridor covers from the Bajío, passing through San Luis Potosí, Monterrey and Reynosa, until reaching the border with the United States. Likewise, we contemplate the entire northwest area of the country, from Jalisco and Durango to Sonora, extending towards Phoenix, Arizona.”

Runners, the strategy

The strategy is based on corridors that are already under development, although its progress is not always visible because it is very long -term investments. The objective is to specify these projects and materialize investments as soon as possible, he added

Additionally, the businessman confirmed that the locations go hand in hand with the development poles announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum as part of the Mexico Plan; He also explained that the three government orders are involved in which investments materialize.

“Our work is to take companies to places where infrastructure already exists so that they do not have to make all the investment in infrastructure, so that helps us to make investments in the shortest term and take advantage of what is already said.”

Querétaro, with high potential

“Querétaro currently concentrates 55.8 Mega Watts (MW) of installed capacity, 69% of the national total and will maintain its leadership until 2029,” said Adriana Rivera Cerecedo, director of the Mexican Association of Data Centers (MexDC).

In second place is Mexico City with an installed capacity of 26.5 MW, Monterrey 21.3 MW, Guadalajara 7 MW and other cities with 2 MW completing the current distribution map.

“The industry wants to be in Querétaro for its two fundamental components: robust connectivity and energy availability, key elements for the operation of data centers, Querétaro offers a privileged geographical location to serve both the center of the country and the main industrial corridors,” he explained.

The Aifa corridor appears as a new bet, “we see with very good eyes the investment in the State of Mexico, particularly in the Aifa and Jilotepec corridor, where we already have connectivity and energy.”