Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Phillip Alexander, says Trinidad and Tobago cannot afford to ignore the global shift toward digital infrastructure.

Responding to calls for the recently proposed data centres to be stopped, including an online petition opposing their establishment in Trinidad and Tobago, the Minister argued that the technology will continue to expand globally, whether or not the facilities are built locally.

“Whether we build the data centres in Trinidad or not, they’re going to be built. Trinidadians are arguing about data centres, ironically, using the technology of data centres.”