Power, connectivity, data centers – MVP has all three, and now he’s looking into how his group can pitch in on Tarlac’s emerging tech hub
MANILA, Philippines – Manuel V. Pangilinan wants to sit down with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to see how his sprawling infrastructure group can help build up Tarlac into something resembling a Philippine “Silicon Valley,” including through the government’s ambitious Pax Silica project.
Few local businessmen are as well positioned to pitch in. Companies chaired by Pangilinan span electricity through Meralco, telecommunications through PLDT, and data centers through VITRO – three pieces of infrastructure that an advanced manufacturing and technology hub would need.
“I think we’re trying to arrange for a meeting, for a briefing from BCDA, because I think they are at the forefront of the effort of the government about this project,” Pangilinan told reporters on Thursday, August 13.
“The basic question is: How do you recreate Silicon Valley in Tarlac?” he said. “What are the elements that should go into the creation of a Silicon Valley in Tarlac?”
