NEW CLARK CITY — State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has dispelled assumptions that hyperscale data centers, whose energy requirements are enough to power as many as 100,000 households, would be constructed under the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI)...
Malacañang asserted that the public just needs accurate information about Pax Silica amid steady opposition and criticisms. Citing social media posts that "show only the negative aspects" of the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub in Tarlac, Palace Press Officer and...
The potential displacement of farmers from the site of the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) hub in New Clark City is not expected to happen anytime soon, according to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Amid claims that the state-run firm is buying land to evict...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, August 6 stressed the need to ensure that the welfare and sentiments of farmers and other affected communities will not be set aside in the proposed Pax Silica project. Pangilinan pointed this out in reacting to Jessica Soho’s feature on Pax...
Police are searching for an official of the Poro Point Management Corp., subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, who went missing during a routine morning walk on Friday, July 31. Nicky A. Oller, 59, PPMC chairman, left his house in Barangay Poblacion, Tubao, La Union at 5:30...
The proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub in Tarlac will not affect farmers, a Palace official said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro pointed out that no farmers will be affected by the development of the controversial AI hub as there...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the state-run firm overseeing the development of the Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub, said farmers affected by the project may find work opportunities in New Clark City. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 3, the BCDA said it...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, August 2 called for an investigation into complaints that farmers are allegedly being ordered to stop planting and are facing intimidation as the government continues its pursuit of the Pax Silica Initiative. The President’s sister made the call following reports...
Issues concerning the US-led Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub that is planned to be built in the country will be addressed, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Thursday, July 30, that issues such as electricity use,...
The influential Makati Business Club (MBC) has questioned the lack of concrete plans presented for the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub in New Clark City during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). The MBC, which represents the...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is now ready to begin the planned modernization of Poro Point Seaport in La Union province following the award of more than ₱68 million in funding to determine its viability as a public-private partnership (PPP) project. In a social...
The Philippines aims to complete negotiations with the United States (US) on the long-term framework governing the artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub at New Clark City in Tarlac province under the Pax Silica partnership within two to three months, according to state-run Bases Conversion...
