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Fermaca advances Digital City to accelerate AI infrastructure development in Mexico
dependencies and contribute to the broader innovation goals set by national leadership.
Fermaca Digital City is being developed as a 250 MW AI-ready campus, equipped to power next-generation workloads across sectors such as energy, manufacturing, logistics and smart cities. The campus is designed to operate at scale while maintaining resilience, efficiency and long-term sustainability.
Key components of the project include dedicated natural gas infrastructure for reliable power supply, high-efficiency and sustainable power generation systems, a world-class data centre supporting advanced AI computing and high-speed connectivity through Fermaca Networks for national and international interconnection. The investment is fully funded by Fermaca and is expected to support job creation, AI talent development and enhanced global competitiveness in digital technologies.
Fermaca is driving the development of Fermaca Digital City, a next-generation data centre campus designed to support large-scale AI workloads and high-performance computing for Mexico and Latin America. With the support of the Government of Durango, the project aims to deliver one of the most significant digital infrastructure investments in the region.
Leaders from the Government of Durango, Fermaca and NVIDIA met at NVIDIA’ s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, to review progress, coordinate next steps and discuss how the facility can support Mexico’ s national AI objectives, including the country’ s interest in developing sovereign AI capabilities.
Discussions focused on sovereign AI, including how nations can develop AI systems adapted to local languages, culture and priorities using infrastructure that is nationally controlled and operated.
Fermaca Digital City is being designed as a reference platform capable of supporting these efforts with NVIDIA technology, enabling large-scale training, inference, simulation and multimodal AI applications.
By integrating high-performance infrastructure with regional connectivity through Fermaca Networks, the project seeks to strengthen technological autonomy, reduce external
The project supports Mexico’ s broader efforts to strengthen digital infrastructure and expand access to advanced technologies. With a focus on clean energy, sovereign computing and national connectivity, Fermaca Digital City aligns with federal programmes aimed at expanding AI capabilities, fostering high-value job creation and advancing inclusive technological development.
Fermaca Digital City incorporates design principles that promote long-term sustainability and regional development. These include new skilled job opportunities and AI training programmes for local talent, dedicated gas and power infrastructure that ensures operational security and energy-efficient systems with the integration of cleaner power sources to reduce environmental impact.
The facility is expected to accelerate AI adoption in critical areas for social and economic development. These include education through AI learning tools and technology training programmes, health through AI solutions for diagnostics, imaging analysis and telemedicine and security through data-driven situational awareness and predictive analysis systems.
Furthermore, Fermaca Digital City aligns fully with President Claudia Sheinbaum’ s priorities and the guiding principles of Plan México by driving strategic infrastructure for technological sovereignty, scientific development and industrial modernisation. The project directly supports national objectives to strengthen high-performance computing capacity, activate regional innovation hubs and create high-value jobs that promote a more equitable, sustainable and Mexico-made technology growth model. •
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