President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced the construction of Coatlicue, a publicly owned supercomputer that will be the most powerful in Latin America, with an investment of 6 billion pesos and construction set to begin in January 2026. The project will be led by the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (Secihti) and the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (ATDT).
During her morning press conference, “Las mañaneras del pueblo,” Sheinbaum said Coatlicue will be a milestone for Mexico, placing the country at the forefront of data processing and artificial intelligence. “It will allow Mexico to fully enter the use of Artificial Intelligence and data processing that we currently lack the capacity to do. It is not only science; it is development for the country,” she stated.
ATDT head José Antonio Peña Merino explained that Coatlicue will have 14,480 GPUs and will be able to perform 314 quadrillion operations per second, making it seven times more powerful than the largest supercomputer currently operating in the region. He said it will be focused on solving public problems, supporting scientific research, boosting private-sector innovation, and strengthening national technological sovereignty.
Planned applications include forecasting natural disasters, crop-planning support, image analysis for energy exploration, optimization of energy consumption, and massive data processing to combat corruption and tax evasion. The project will involve collaboration with the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Infotec, IPICYT, and technical support from India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation, reported that Coatlicue will be integrated into the National Supercomputing Cluster and operated by Mexican specialists trained at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. She added that a governing board will be created to regulate its operation and the distribution of computing capacity.
