Mexico to reach 610 industrial parks by 2028

Manufacturing capacity in Mexico is expanding, shifting one of the main challenges to the electrical infrastructure; specifically, the addition of new plants, industrial parks, production lines, and data centers requires not only increased power generation but also grids, substations, and transformers capable of continuously supplying power to operations with higher electricity demands.

Data from Teseo Data Lab indicates that between 1016 and 2028, Mexico could see the number of industrial parks increase from 477 to 610, while the total industrial area would grow from 85 to 118 million square meters. During the same period, the country could see an increase in foreign direct investment ranging from US$41 billion to US$49 billion.

When a facility begins operations, it places new demands on the electrical system; as a result, this effect can be amplified in corridors where industries such as automotive, auto parts, electronics, metalworking, logistics, advanced manufacturing, and data centersrequire a constant power supply to keep equipment and production lines running.

Power transformers are a major component of this infrastructure; as such, they adjust the voltage levels required for the transmission and distribution of electricity to production facilities, and a failure can affect everything from the substation to the various processes connected to it.

For a plant, a power outage can bring production lines to a halt, result in lost productive hours, require changes to manufacturing schedules, and disrupt deliveries. This problem is exacerbated when it comes to high-capacity transformers, whose repair or replacement requires significant time and resources.

Roberto Luna, Power Sales Manager for Northern Latin America at Vaisala, explained that “continuous monitoring provides information on the transformer’s actual condition and allows us to take action before an anomaly turns into a critical failure.”