Facts & Figures

Silicon Border by the numbers

• 4,500
  acres
• Three separate clean power sources close to the site, with at least two paths of reliable electrical power for all tenants at only 7 cents per kilowatt hour

• Skilled technology workers for $2 per hour; university-trained engineers for $25,000 per year
• 50,000 Mexican university students in close proximity, 8,000 in engineering
• Abundant potable water at about 20% of the cost elsewhere in the region

• 1.2 million people minutes away within Mexicali, 6 million within two hours drive in Tijuana, San Diego and California’s Imperial Valley
• $16.4 trillion GDP North American market, mostly accessible within five days by truck and five hours by air

• For American commuters, 90+ minutes from San Diego, 60+ minutes from Yuma, Arizona, minutes across the border from Calexico, California

• Corporate tax rates as low as 3%
• 1-3 days by truck to all major markets in California and Mexico, with the 8th and 13th largest GDPs in the world
• Free trade with 43 nations

• 5-year payroll and education tax holiday
• Four hours to worldwide shipping from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

Facts & Figures Downloads

• From Mexico Desk Class A Industrial Markets
• Shipping Times Via Truck and Air
• Industrial Snapshot 4th Qtr 2011 NW Mexico
• Five Reasons to Consider Mexico