Overview
- The government committed 6 billion pesos for a staged build to international standards with high-density power and water-based cooling.
- Coatlicue targets roughly 14,480 GPUs in 7,500 chassis across about 200 cabinets with high-speed connectivity, a leap from Mexico’s current 2.3 petaflops.
- Construction is slated to begin next year with a two-year completion timeline, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum.
- Mexico signed cooperation deals for temporary use of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s MareNostrum 5 and for workforce training and technology transfer with India’s C-DAC.
- Officials say the system will support AI and data-intensive work across energy, fiscal oversight, climate forecasting, agriculture, and public health while strengthening data sovereignty.