In Mexico, the digitalization process progresses faster than ever, providing solutions tailored to each region’s needs. In the northern zone, certifications target the industrial sector, while in the central and southern zones, the focus is approving seals for 2.0 offices, digital buildings and data centers.
Overall, together with Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions, data centers are one of the most significant developments for the country’s digital transformation.
The sector’s top trends
Although data centers operations pursuit different goals in each industrial zone of the country, there are some constant feature setting trends in the sector:
Cloud data
Migration and data storage in the cloud is one of the fastest-growing advancements. The reason being, small businesses benefit from its scalability and the cost of transferring data to the public cloud bring and large companies from its hybrid or private cloud capabilities.
Smart spaces
More than 25 billion IoT devices1 are expected worldwide by 2030, tripling the total number of IoT devices counted in 2020. Therefore, companies from different industries will be able to optimize complex operations, such as logistics and shipping, by analyzing data at specialized centers.
This progress means highly scalable network infrastructure solutions, monitoring systems to collect data as well as being equipped with technologies that can save energy consumption.
Job training programs
In the first half of 2022, compared to 2021, requests for coaching and training personnel to operate data centers rebounded by 20%2.
Nowadays, organizations are aware of the crucial role specialization plays in the correct operation of data centers and, in fact, investment in this area is estimated at only 1% of the total cost of projects. However, failure to apply this can mean significant losses for a company’s operations.
In this regard, the most relevant challenges the sector faces nationally are the high demand for engineering and technology professionals and the energy supply required by these facilities.
Queretaro: contributing to Mexico’s digitalization process
From 2021 to the first half of 2022, investment in Mexico’s data centers amounts to US$300 million3, with Queretaro as the leading destination for these investments.
This growth has come with positive outcomes in the country’s digitalization process. The industrial zone integrated by the north, west and Pacific has especially benefited from newly constructed data centers in Queretaro.
Some additional advantages are enhanced planning of production lines in the automotive sector and process automation in distribution centers.
Outside of Queretaro, the most attractive location for investors in the sector, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico’s capital city have also gained ground in the data center industry.
Build-to-Suit Projects: an alternative for data center operation
Given its features, data centers leverage industrial spaces that provide flexibility in their layout through tailor-made solutions.
Considering this, Build-to-Suit projects are an excellent choice for your operations.
At Advance Real Estate, we have available land for Build-to-Suit projects in Queretaro, creating spaces adaptable to any data center requirements.
Information Sources
- www.clusterindustrial.com.mx/noticia/…/han-llegado-mas-de-300-mdd-a-mexico-en-inversiones-para-centros-de-datos
- advance.flyer.io/flyers/building-62-module-2-3781
- www.clusterindustrial.com.mx/noticia/…/transformacion-digital-en-mexico-al-alza
- www.cisco.com/c/…/what-is-a-data-center.html
- cio.com.mx/siete-tendencias-que-impulsan-la-transformacion-en-los-centros-de-datos-en-2022
