--- title: The U.S. Claimed 4,000 Acres in the Philippines for AI description: The U.S. has secured 4,000 acres in the Philippines — roughly a third of Manhattan — to build a forward-deployed industrial base as part of PAX Silica, a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-u-s-claimed-4-000-acres-in-the-philippines-for-ai-lm8gjdnqg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The U.S. Claimed 4,000 Acres in the Philippines for AI | daily.dev og:description: The U.S. has secured 4,000 acres in the Philippines — roughly a third of Manhattan — to build a forward-deployed industrial base as part of PAX Silica, a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-u-s-claimed-4-000-acres-in-the-philippines-for-ai-lm8gjdnqg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LM8gJdNQG.png og:image:alt: The U.S. Claimed 4,000 Acres in the Philippines for AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The U.S. Claimed 4,000 Acres in the Philippines for AI **[No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups](https://daily.dev/sources/nopriorspodcast)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The U.S. has secured 4,000 acres in the Philippines — roughly a third of Manhattan — to build a forward-deployed industrial base as part of PAX Silica, a 14-country economic security coalition. The initiative aims to establish an ecosystem-based approach to AI supply chains, combining U.S. legal predictability with the Philippines' industrial advantages to secure critical inputs for AI infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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