A new firm has launched in Mexico with aims to deploy a network of 30 Edge data centers across the country.

Mexican firm Edgenet last week announced the launch of Mayia, the first artificial intelligence (AI) center with the "Made in Mexico" designation, awarded by the Ministry of Economy.

This facility is part of a planned national network of AI-Ready data centers from Edgenet, set to total some 30 facilities across the country, including Baja California and Quintana Roo.

“Basically, our proposal for the country is defined as democratizing access to high-performance digital services; accelerating the digital transformation of sectors such as manufacturing, government, healthcare, and education; strengthening Mexico's technological sovereignty with world-class local infrastructure; creating jobs; fostering regional innovation; and bridging the digital divide,” Sandra Márquez, CEO of Edgenet Data Technologies, told local press.

According to reports, Edgenet acquired 30 data centers belonging to Telefónica Movistar. Details and terms haven’t been shared.

"They had an infrastructure of 52 data centers, they had overcapacity, and they're in a period of global reconfiguration, so this opportunity arose, and we selected 30, covering almost the entire country," said Verónica Viniegra, general manager of Mayia and Flai at Edgenet Data Technologies

Viniegra added that the company plans to establish data centers in eight states that it has yet to cover, and it is in negotiations to expand to other Latin American countries.

Edgenet, which offers colocation, cloud, and AI services, will reportedly be offering Intel’s Xeon 6 and Gaudi processors.

“Together with Edgenet, we're building an infrastructure that democratizes access to artificial intelligence. This enables secure processing, storage, and interpretation of data at the Edge," said David López, Intel's director of partners for Latin America.

Edgenet has also partnered with local cybersecurity firm Cyberpeace.

A version of this story appeared on our Spanish edition.