Overview
- Officials signed a cooperation agreement to establish the Centro Mexicano de Supercómputo, which will begin operating in January 2026 using BSC resources.
- The government said construction of a domestically owned supercomputer will start in 2026 and is expected to take 24 to 36 months, targeting full deployment around 2028.
- Priority workloads include advanced weather and climate prediction, large-scale SAT and customs data processing, analysis of millions of agricultural satellite images and training of large language models for public institutions.
- Authorities emphasized that data processed under the collaboration will remain under Mexican custody as part of a broader push for technological sovereignty under Plan México.
- The collaboration includes technology transfer and researcher training in Barcelona, ensuring immediate capacity and skills development while Mexico builds out its own infrastructure.