Mexico may become the hub for data services in Latin America, reinforced by the size of its economy and the wide offer it already has of cloud services. Data centers are spaces designed to house technological equipment to process, store and transfer information; with continuous availability at any time, 365 days a year. Another feature is that they have a rigorous control that allows them to guarantee no server outages and data protection.

In Mexico, the International Computer Room Experts Association (ICREA) was created in 1999, a specialist in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, acquisition, installation and audit of data centers. This initiative has sought to strengthen learning and improvements in this business model, with a presence in 24 countries in the region.

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Participants such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and Zoom, among others; they are already part of the network of companies that provide cloud services within the country.

Google in May 2021, reported on the opening of its new technical support center at the Montes Urales headquarters, Mexico City; with which it ratified its commitment to the development of national talent with agreements in multiple universities in the country.

Microsoft chose Querétaro more than a year ago to make an investment of more than 1,100 million dollars, under the design of three separate zones for the operation of the data center that guarantees the independence and security of the information, in order to reinforce the infrastructure that It already operates in 22 countries.

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IBM in its data processing centers in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara; offers cost savings, flexibility and efficiency; under the premise of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Amazon Web Services AWS announced in June 2020, the availability of fully managed and configurable racks of its software, which will allow its customers to run workloads within their facilities, as well as connect with the wide range of services under the same model operational and infrastructure they used. Zoom recently announced the opening of its new data center in Quintana Roo, which will be linked to another 21 distributed worldwide.

Qualified labor with competitive prices, tax advantages in technological investment, the confluence of public policies in favor of attracting investment and improvements in the electricity service; they will be the elements that will give the country an advantage to position itself in this sector.