Silicon Border, the vision of a science park
By Adina Moloman
Source: http://www.siliconborder.com
Silicon border is a 10,000 acre (around 4,040-hectare) development, which has the vision of becoming one of the most important science park, located on the California- Baja California border, more specifically in Mexicali.
The project initiated in 2004-2005 and consists in developing a large industrial park. The intention for the next 15-20 years is to become a global center for semiconductor manufacturing.
There are other industries considered to be developed in the industrial park, such as: solar/photovoltaic, nanotechnology, flat panel Displey/LCD, aerospace, medical devices/biotechnology, LED/optoelectronocs, etc.
Not only its location enables multinational companies which will operates under a Mexico Maquiladora Program, here to be a cost-competitive with Asia, but also can find an excellent human resource capital.
The Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), CETYS University, campus Mexicali and Technical Institute of Mexicali, have started new programs such as Aerospace Engineering, Semiconductors and Microelectronics Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering, Bioengineering, History and Sociology to prepare the required human capital for potential high-tech firms that will establish in the park.
Those universities also starded collaboration with UC San Diego for developing this human resource capital.
So far, ING Clarion Partners provides private market real estate investment advisory services to institutional investors, both domestic and international. So far this group managed $23.0 billion of assets.
A special interest manifested Q-Cells, the world’s largest manufacturer of photovoltaic cells, who has the intention to develop a major thin film photovoltaic manufacturing facility in this industrial park.
So far there are done considerable advances of infrastructure of the park such as the electrical and water facilities are already built, potable water plant and distribution, fiber optic telephone and data cable, power substations, and waste treatment facilities.
