Flex invests US$1 billion in manufacturing

Flex announced a US$1 billion investment in Mexico by 2026—the largest since the company entered the country—with the aim of expanding its advanced manufacturing capabilities, particularly in the telecommunications and data center sectors.

Guillermo del Rio Ochoa, the company’s Director of Business Development and Government Relations and President of Index Occidente, noted that this expansion is a response to the rapid growth in demand for technological infrastructure.

“The growth we are seeing, mainly in telecommunications, has led us to announce this investment. We are manufacturing all the equipment used in data centers in Mexico, particularly in Guadalajara,” he added.
The investment will be accompanied by the creation of approximately 5,000 new jobs, focused on specialized talent, including engineers, technicians, and qualified operators.

One of the main challenges facing the company will be energy demand: Del Rio indicated that testing equipment for data centers requires high energy consumption, and noted that the company projects it will use seven times the energy currently consumed by the Port of Manzanillo.