A “City Digital” data center and a fertilizer plant are part of a newly announced investment of $ 3.7 billion in the northern Durango state by the Mexican technology company Grupo Fermaca.
During the press conference on Thursday morning of President Claudia SheinbaumI’m sure it’s part of Sheinbaum Plan Mexicowho seeks to transform Mexico into the 10th world economy.
The two projects will take around three to four years to be completed, according to the announcement.
FERMACA DIGITAL CITY
With an investment of American $ 2.7 billion, Fermaca Digital City will include a hyperscal data center with the ability to produce its own electricity. The installation will have an installed capacity of 250 megawatts, which makes it the largest installation of this type in Latin America.
Located in the city of Durango, the data center will serve as large national and international companies in the digital industry to store their data and e -commerce data. Companies that will benefit from the establishment include Amazon, Netflix and Home Depot, among others.
To build the data center, four projects will simultaneously create more than 3,500 jobs:
- A Texas gas pipeline in Durango to increase gas availability for industry.
- More than 190 long dark fiber shutters in an underground deployment which will take place from the northern border in Querétaro, with branches in Durango and Guadalajara. The fiber optic cable will interconnect the poles of digital activity in Mexico with the United States.
- A combined cycle factory with a capacity of 350 megawatts to generate energy for the data center.
- Construction of a 160 km -long gas pipeline from Texas to provide natural gas to the combined cycle plant.
Calvillo said that the installation of the data center should start construction in the coming weeks.
Fermaca fertilizer plant
Fermaca’s second investment is the Nitrogen fertilizer plant Fermachem in the municipality of Lerdo.
The factory is expected to produce 600,000 tonnes of urea fertilizer per year, supporting national fertilizer and food self -sufficiency in Mexico. This outing will complete the 1.5 million tonnes that Pemex is already making.
Calvillo noted that currently, Mexico imports between 80% and 90% of fertilizers, which have high prices for farmers. With the pipeline project, the company seeks to eliminate intermediaries and provide competitive prices to farmers.
“With advanced technology and a strong commitment to environmental protection, this factory will produce quality fertilizers in Mexico to replace imports,” noted Calvillo.
About the Fremac group
Fermaca is a Mexican company founded over 60 years ago which specializes in the development and execution of high impact infrastructure projects. He has developed several gas pipes in Mexico, such as the gas pipeline from Reyes – Aguascalientes – Guadalajara, known as Vag.
Overall, Grupo Fermaca includes eight companies in the infrastructure and energy sectors in Mexico.
Mexico News Daily
