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Mexico
Mexico is announcing a very large public supercomputer and courting data centres, but the president ties support to electricity being available.
A National AI Plan announced on 9 September 2026 rests on a legal framework, talent and public software, and strategic infrastructure, including a national network of government data centres. A public supercomputer called Coatlicue was presented in November 2025. Querétaro is the main private hub, with several multi-billion-dollar projects announced. Power is the limit: the president has said support depends on energy coordination through the state utility and grid operator. For someone seeking compute, capacity is being announced faster than power is being delivered.
AI policy and activity
The plan is led by the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (ATDT). It proposes a federal legal framework built on transparency, lawfulness, non-discrimination, proportionality, human oversight and shared responsibility. It sits inside the wider Plan Mexico investment strategy.
Power and grid
A June 2026 electricity plan is reported at 739 billion pesos and 32,000 MW of new generation through 2030, 22,376 MW of it renewable. The industry association is reported to target about 1.5 GW of installed data centre capacity by 2030. Figures come from a commentary article, not the government text.
Data centres and compute
| Site | Where | Status | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudHQ Queretaro campus CloudHQ | Queretaro | Planned | Announced September 2025 as US$4.8 billion across six data centres and up to 900 MW of IT load, with only an initial 200 MW of supply reported as secured through the state utility and grid operator. (source) |
| Queretaro data centre cluster Several, including Microsoft, AWS and ODATA | Queretaro | Operating | Described as Mexico's main data centre hub. AWS is reported to have committed US$5 billion over 15 years for its Mexico region. (source) |
Rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| National AI Plan 2026 | Policy | In force from 9 September 2026 | Trade-press report of the announcement. Names three pillars and says the legal framework is proposed, not yet enacted. |
| Coatlicue public supercomputer | Programme | Proposed | Presented 26 November 2025: about 6 billion pesos, a stated 314 petaflops and roughly 15,000 GPUs. A site committee was due to choose a location in January 2026. A later report puts delivery at 24 months. |
Checked on 2 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.