Pax Silica brings promise—but at what cost?

The proposed Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, Tarlac, is envisioned as a semiconductor and artificial intelligence ecosystem within the Luzon Economic Corridor.

The project is expected to require about 130 million liters of water a day and 3 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to 16% of Luzon’s current grid capacity.

Those requirements are comparable ...