The municipal government of Tlajomulco, in Jalisco, has begun construction of its first command, control, communications, computing, and citizen contact center (C5).

The project will receive an investment of 350 million pesos ($18.7 million), of which 100 million ($5.3 million) will be used to complete the construction of the facility, with the rest earmarked for its technological equipment.

The C5 will have 67 monitoring stations, a telecommunications tower, a data center, a crisis room, an auditorium, accessible spaces, green areas, and parking for vehicles and motorcycles.

The municipal government has confirmed that more than 300 virtual processors with four petabytes of storage will operate inside, in addition to a high-definition video wall, state-of-the-art cybersecurity, and generative artificial intelligence for real-time data analysis.

"Today we are not only giving continuity to the C4 work that [former Tlajomulco Mayor] Salvador Zamora began; we are laying the foundations for a new way of protecting Tlajomulco, based on data, intelligence and cutting-edge technology," said Mayor Gerardo Quirino Velázquez Chávez during the official start of construction of the C5 in the La Tijera area.

"[This C5] will be the largest monitoring and intelligence system in the metropolitan municipalities... but I say that not with presumption, but because it will also contribute to the state C5. This way, we can all join forces in intelligence, organization, definition, and strategy to be able to face any situation with greater certainty and anticipation. It will not only be a system that will help in security issues, but also in administrative and management issues."

The new security ecosystem will be connected to the video surveillance network, the intelligent sensor network, and various citizen contact platforms of the municipal government.

In addition, it also contemplates mechanisms for social participation and collaboration with the business sector.

The center is expected to be operational in six months.

This piece was automatically translated from DCD's Spanish site and edited by a member of DCD staff.