DOST chief: No talk of data center in Clark under Pax Silica initiative

DAVAO CITY — Science Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. clarified on Thursday that discussions about the US-led Pax Silica program in the country does not include the setup of data centers in the New Clark City in Tarlac. “We should understand that this Pax Silica program of the United States has many components. It has a component that manufacture chips and semiconductors that will be used later on in the development of data centers or artificial intelligence hubs. (But) it is not a data center,” Solidum told reporters here. “There will be no data center to be put up there,” he pointed out. READ: Pax Silica brings promise – but at what cost? Instead, what is being planned in New Clark City is