Prominent multinational companies such as Microsoft, Google, Huawei, AWS and Oracle have placed their trust in Chile by installing technological infrastructure in the country.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- global services- InvestChile- Digital Hub- Digital Infrastructure- Data Center- Regional Cloud

Almost 25% of the country’s electricity is now supplied by non-conventional renewable sources. The future of energy is green, and all the energy that Chile needs could come from clean sources by 2040.

Topics: Clean Energy- Investment Opportunities- Energy Investment- Energy Ministry- Energy infrastructure- Energy e-book

The transaction included one of the world’s largest venture capital funds, which currently holds investments in Uber, Alibaba and TikTok.

Topics: global services- Start-Up- Entrepreneurship- Venture Capital- Venture Capital in Chile- Betterfly- VC

The Chilean Public Works Ministry has already begun the tender process this year for five concessions totaling almost US$2 billion, the highest amount since the concessions program began. The total for 2021 is expected to reach almost US$5 billion.

Topics: Tender- Public Tender- public works- Concessions- Tender process- Public Works Ministry

The Cerro Dominador project aims to bridge the gap following removal of the coal plants, helping to supply the country’s grid with power at times when the wind and sun cannot.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Clean Energy- Solar energy- photovoltaic solar energy- Energy Investment- Energy infrastructure- green energy- Sun power- Cerro Dominador

Mining isn’t the only copper industry in Chile. Copper has now found its way into textiles, cosmetics, paints and medicines, as an innovative way to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Topics: Mining- copper- Innovation- Mining Industry- Coronavirus- COVID-19- covid- Talent

InvestChile has a portfolio of 26 projects at various stages of development, from planning to implementation.

Topics: Start-Up- Venture Capital- Venture Capital in Chile

The Chilean government has signed a contract with the Israeli company ImageSat International to manufacture eight of these devices in the Cerrillos National Space Center that is to be built in Santiago, Chile.

Topics: Digital Economy- Digital Transformation- Digital Infrastructure- SpaceX- Satellite- Chilean satellite- ImageSat

The project, which will be developed by Claro Chile and Telxius and supplied by Subcom, will interconnect the Pacific coast of Latin America, with landing points in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala.

Topics: Conectivity- Submarine cable- Digital Hub- Digital Infrastructure- 5G technology

The Center currently has 200 employees and has become the hub of Becton Dickinson’s American operations, providing services to seven countries in three languages.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- global services- Becton Dickinson- Medical technology

The event, which includes the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM 12) and the Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-6) forums, will run from May 31 through June 6.

Topics: Clean Energy- Energy- Electromobility- Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-6)- Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM 12)- Decarbonization

Thermoelectric power is on its way out and Chile is committed to an upsurge in renewable investment driven by the private sector to achieve its ambitious climate goals.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Solar energy- Energy- Eolic energy- green energy- Energy e-book

The project, an initiative of Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF), with participation from Siemens Energy, involves building a 3.4MW wind turbine and a 13kV back-up transmission line on a 3.7-hectare site in Chile’s far south.

Topics: Clean Energy- wind power- renewable energy- Energy Investment- Green Hydrogen- Energy infrastructure- Renewables- green energy

Tenders are currently open for Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, the Complejo Turístico Bahía Inglesa and Centro de Montaña Rucapillán.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Tourism- Chile Tourism- Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar- Centro de Montaña Rucapillán- Complejo Turístico Bahía Inglesa

Chilean scientists have discovered that an alpaca antibody blocks the Brazilian, British and South African variants of COVID-19. This is the same team of researchers that identified and produced neutralizing agents against SARS-CoV-2 from alpacas last year.

Topics: Human Capital- Innovation- Coronavirus- COVID-19- covid- STEM- Science in Chile- Talent

Corfo has launched a round of US$50 million in financing to leverage Green Hydrogen projects among both domestic and foreign companies.

Topics: Energy- Corfo- Green Hydrogen

In 2011, the technology company opened a small office in Santiago, Chile, motivated by the potential of a country of early adopters. Today, not only has it multiplied its services for companies and individuals but it has also invested in critical infrastructure for digital transformation throughout Latin America. 

Topics: Infrastructure- Google- Tech investment- Digital Transformation- Digital Infrastructure- Data Center

The Ministry of Finance has issued approximately USD14.4 billion in thematic bonds since 2019, of which approximately USD7.7 billion are green bonds, USD5.2 billion are social bonds, and USD1.5 billion in sustainable bonds. 

Topics: Energy Investment- Green Bond- Ministry of Finance

The company plans to have eighty stores in Chile within the next five years.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Mascotas Latinas- SuperZoo- Pet food and supplies

A report prepared by the Universidad del Desarrollo’s Studies Center in Economics and Business in collaboration with nine binational chambers of commerce reveals that confidence has moved from neutral to optimistic.

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- AmCham- Binational chambers of commerce- Chile FDI Confidence Index