The United States and the Philippines are moving quickly on a planned 4,000-acre artificial intelligence and supply chain hub in New Clark City north of Manila. The hub is intended to be the first physical facility under the Pax Silica initiative, which aims to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains among allied nations. A high-level inspection of the proposed site included American companies. The project is located within the Luzon Economic Corridor and is designed to support AI, digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and critical mineral processing. The Bases Conversion and Development Authority allocated a 1,618-hectare parcel for the project, designated by the State Department as a “Golden Node.” The Philippines rejected a US request for diplomatic immunity at the facility, and the hub’s progress will determine whether Pax Silica can shift from declarations to operational infrastructure.
"The United States and the Philippines are moving "very, very quickly" on a planned 4,000-acre artificial intelligence and supply chain hub in New Clark City, north of Manila, according to Jacob Helberg, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Helberg visited the proposed site on Monday with more than a dozen American companies, the first high-level inspection of land that is intended to become the inaugural "AI-native industrial acceleration hub" under the Pax Silica initiative, Washington's flagship programme for securing AI and semiconductor supply chains among allied nations."
"The hub, located within the Luzon Economic Corridor, is designed to support emerging industries in AI, digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and critical mineral processing. The Philippines joined Pax Silica in April as the alliance's 13th member, alongside Australia, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. The Clark site is the first physical facility to be developed under the programme, and its progress, or lack of it, will test whether Pax Silica can move from diplomatic declarations to operational infrastructure."
"The Bases Conversion and Development Authority, which manages the former US military base at Clark, has allocated a 1,618-hectare parcel within New Clark City for the project. The State Department has designated it a "Golden Node," a term for AI-native investment acceleration hubs that are intended to serve as anchors for the alliance's supply chain strategy."
"The Philippines rejected a US request for diplomatic immunity at the facility. Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg visited the site with American companies, while the Philippines rejected a US request for diplomatic immunity at the facility."
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