Throwing full support to the initiatives of the BCDA, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and Finance Secretary Frederick Go recently visited Clark that is a fast-rising as hub for AI industry.
Manifesting the imprimatur of the Marcos Administration on high-value investments and labor intensive production, no less than the two leading figures in the economic development cluster took a trip to the military base-turned economic center. They were accompanied by BCDA Chairman Jerry Marasigan, BCDA SVP and Officer-In-Charge Mark Torres, and Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo.
The visit also reaffirmed the Malacanang’s support to transforming the Luzon Economic Corridor into the Philippines’ hub for semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI) industries.
Recto relayed the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to fast-track projects and incentives to draw semiconductor and AI companies to the country, describing it as a matter of “high national priority.”
“We want more factories rising here. We want more breakthroughs and innovations developed here. We want more Filipino engineers, technicians, and researchers building their futures here,” Recto said.
The visit included an aerial inspection of the Pax Silica site within New Clark City—a 1,618-hectare development envisioned as the country’s first AI-native industrial acceleration hub. Pax Silica is planned to host semiconductor fabrication facilities, critical minerals processing plants, hyperscale data centers, AI infrastructure, and advanced research facilities.
It also included a stop at the Texas Instruments facility within the Clark Freeport Zone, putting BCDA’s ecozones at the center of the country’s drive to anchor high-value technology investments that support its export ambitions.
BCDA continues to build on its ecozones as investment-ready destinations that move in lockstep with the nation’s economic priorities. Backed by world-class infrastructure, a deep bench of technology-skilled workers, and a front-row seat along the Luzon Economic Corridor, BCDA’s managed areas stand as the Philippines’ most compelling address for semiconductor and AI investments.
In April this year, the Philippines joined the Pax Silica, a US-led multi-country partnership on use of AI, critical minerals and rare earth resources that are used in semiconductors and high technology industry.
With this project, the Philippines may yet become a powerhouse in AI industry even as investment climate improved with a more investor-friendly laws facilitated by Secretary Go since the onset of Marcos Administration.
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