The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is finalizing a framework to position New Clark City as an artificial intelligence (AI) hub, anchoring talks with India on redirecting AI workloads and expanding hyperscaler and robotics investments.

In an interview on Tuesday, Henry R. Aguda informed reporters about a discussion with India about potentially channeling some of its growing AI activity to the country, similar to how the country absorbed spillover from India’s business process outsourcing (BPO) expansion.

“(India) wants to explore because of the overflow of BPO there. They want to see if their AI industry can offload some of the work to us. So we’re putting a framework together on that one,” Aguda said.

Particularly, the New Clark City is being pitched as a site for AI training operations and hyperscaler capacity, particularly for Indian technology firms with an existing local presence, such as Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro, which are expanding their AI initiatives.

Talks also cover robotics manufacturing and assembly, with Clark positioned as investment-ready due to its logistics network, airport access, and planned energy capacity.

Aguda cited its strategic location, fiber connectivity, proximity to major submarine cable routes linking Asia and the United States, and plans to scale up renewable power to support data centers.

If realized, the DICT said it expects the hub to generate around 50,000 AI-related jobs over the next five years.