Sercomm Philippines, a networking equipment manufacturing and an affiliate of Sercomm Corporation, has launched its new and advanced factory center, located in Carmelray Industrial Park 1 in Calamba, specializing in wireless telecommunication devices such as 5G and fiber products, and adhering to the highest energy conservation standards.
With a more than 2.5 billion peso investment, the manufacturing center is expected to attract local talent and create job opportunities, with an expected total employment of 5,000 employees.
To cope with growing business, Sercomm also plans to construct Factory Phase II. Once completed, the manufacturing and R&D center will be 48,000 m2, and the total capacity will be further expanded to 40 million units in 2025.
According to James Wang, Sercomm Group Chairman, the Philippines’ sufficient talent and geographical location between Eurasia and the Pacific Ocean makes it a suitable design and manufacturing center for North America and Southeast Asia.
With the strong support of the country’s Department of Trade and Industry in its inception, Wang said that Sercomm chose the Philippines to be its strategic regional operation center.
In the research conducted by economic consultancy firm AlphaBeta, it stated that the Philippines can foster a digital economy that can raise Php 5 trillion or 101 million US dollars in economic value if fully leveraged by 2030 and the majority of the total estimated digital opportunity can be generated by technology-led business.
This year, various technology-led businesses have been welcomed to the country including data centers, as the country emerges as a promising data center market due to its digitization efforts. Additionally, data center operators like STT GDC, Digital Edge, and Evolution Data Centres also see increasing demand for data centers in the country.
Moreover, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has welcomed the proposed establishment of two hyperscale data centers in Luzon. He also signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with various nations like Japan and China to strengthen cooperation and development in the field of information and communications technology (ICT).
