Data centers will invest in Mexico
73 centers are expected to be installed in the next five years.
Adriana Rivera, executive director of the Mexican Association of Data Centres (MEXDC), said that they have counted 50 companies in the sector and said that 73 data centers are expected to be set up over the next five years, which will invest 9,192 million dollars.
"We currently have an installed energy demand of around 300 megawatts, but in five years (...), we are going to need around 1,492, almost 1,500 megawatts more demand," he said. The origin of these investments is global capital such as American, Brazilian, Spanish, German and some Mexican companies.
"The growth trend is focused on Querétaro, which accounts for 51% of the installations; Monterrey, Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Mexico City and the State of Mexico," he explained. He pointed out that, according to a market study, 68,198 jobs will be generated over the next five years, of which 12,970 will be direct and 5,228 indirect, focused on the construction of the data centers.
Meanwhile, 24,327 direct jobs will be created for the operation of the companies in this industry.
"There is no data center career, we have not detected it in any university in the whole country, there are approximate careers, any career with an IT profile helps us a lot," he said.
Rivera said the association was formed a year ago in the city of Querétaro with seven founding companies and there are currently 75 members.
Secure headquarters
He mentioned that large data center companies came mainly to Querétaro because they require a hyper-secure facility, with an industrial security ecosystem.
"We currently have about 50 data centers already operating throughout the country, in different categories, but the industry is expected to grow by 2029 and 73 more data centers will be set up (...), there is no project for Mérida at the moment, but two are already operating in Mérida," he explained.
Rivera stressed that this investment is conservative because they are working in coordination with the energy sector to guarantee the required energy distribution.
On the other hand, they are working together with universities in order to prepare human talent.
In conclusion, he said that the data center industry is growing in the face of the demand for digital services in the country.