Fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to massive job losses in the Philippines’ information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry may be overstated as the sector continues to grow despite the rapid adoption of the technology, the country’s chief economist...
The Philippines risks falling behind the artificial intelligence (AI) boom as it benefits less from the surge in AI-related electronics exports while its massive business process outsourcing (BPO) industry faces growing exposure to automation, according to think tank Capital Economics. In a report...
The long-delayed ₱2.5-billion information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure project in New Clark City may have found new life, as Converge ICT Solutions Inc. looks to participate in the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) hub. Converge Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
The country’s electronics sector is pushing for reforms to position the Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub in New Clark City as a launchpad to strengthen its role in the global supply chain for emerging technologies. In a position paper, the Semiconductor and Electronics...
NEW CLARK CITY — The Philippines stands to generate an additional $200 billion in export revenue from the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) hub in New Clark City within 30 years from the start of development, or as early as 2058. Based on estimates from state-run Bases Conversion...
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)...
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...
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...
Indian artificial intelligence (AI) companies are set to explore investment opportunities in the proposed Pax Silica industrial hub later this year, according to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Philippines Inc. (FICCI). FICCI Vice President Vedant Bhardwaj said a delegation of more...
The Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub is expected to have a data center capacity of at least 400 megawatts (MW), more than double the country’s current capacity, once it becomes fully operational, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology...
On a stretch of land the size of roughly 1,620 hectares north of Manila, the Philippine government and its allies are racing to build what officials are billing as the country 's gateway into the global artificial intelligence economy. But for thousands of farmers and residents who call that...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) urged Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano to present pieces of evidence that would clear things up on the allegations of irregularities in the construction of sports complex at the New Clark City in Tarlac. For the NBI, this is the better and logical choice instead...
