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Nuevo León lands US $ 600M data centre investment as Mexico infrastructure race accelerates
Nuevo León has landed US $ 600 million in new infrastructure investment centred on data centres, accelerating the Mexican state’ s push to become a major computing and technology hub.
Governor Samuel García announced the commitment following a working visit to New York, saying the capital would fund projects in Apodaca and Pesquería. The investor was not disclosed, but García said the money would primarily target data centre infrastructure.
The commitment adds another sizeable project to Mexico’ s rapidly expanding digital infrastructure market as artificial intelligence, Cloud computing and enterprise workloads drive demand for computing capacity, power and connectivity.
For Nuevo León, the investment also deepens a technology build-out increasingly tied to its established advanced manufacturing base. Apodaca is one of the state’ s largest industrial centres, while Pesquería has emerged as another focus for major industrial development.
García said Nuevo León’ s infrastructure, energy and water availability were helping attract international capital. He also pointed to industrial parks in Apodaca and the tax-free Colombia Customs Office as competitive advantages.
The new projects could further strengthen the state’ s position at the intersection of data infrastructure, manufacturing and nearshoring, where access to reliable power and industrial-scale sites has become increasingly important to technology investors.
According to García, total foreign investment announced for Nuevo León during 2026 has reached US $ 136.6 billion. He said he expected that figure to hit US $ 140 billion by December, putting data centres among the infrastructure assets supporting the state’ s next phase of expansion and reinforcing northern Mexico’ s growing importance in the regional digital economy.
Chunghwa Telecom picks Guatemala as launchpad for Latin America expansion
Guatemala has become Chunghwa Telecom’ s launchpad into Latin America after the Taiwanese carrier opened a Guatemala City operation, betting that rising demand for digital infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise connectivity will create a new regional growth market.
The launch of Chunghwa Telecom Global Inc., Guatemala pushes the company beyond its established US footprint and gives it a base for targeting government and enterprise customers across Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
The expansion puts Guatemala, Central America’ s largest economy, at the heart of that strategy. Government Digital Transformation programmes, private-sector modernisation and supply-chain investment are driving demand for resilient networks, Cloud services and cybersecurity infrastructure.
Chunghwa Telecom also plans to use the operation to support Taiwanese companies expanding across the Americas, positioning Guatemala as a bridge between its North American network and emerging Latin American markets.
The carrier is already moving into critical public-sector infrastructure. Alongside the launch, Taiwan backed a Resilient Backup Data Center project for Guatemala’ s Ministry of Public Finance. The agreement was signed by Taiwan’ s ambassador to Guatemala, Vivia Chang, and Pai Ming-cheng, vice president of Chunghwa Telecom’ s International Business Branch.
Chunghwa Telecom Chairman Alex Chien said Guatemala would become a regional base for integrated ICT and cybersecurity services.
The move gives Chunghwa Telecom an early foothold in a market where digital resilience is becoming an infrastructure priority, while giving Guatemala another international technology provider as it accelerates its push to modernise government systems, enterprise networks and national digital capacity and attract more technology investment from overseas.
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