Building Central America's first integrated chip manufacturing, AI data center, and technology talent facility in Santa Bárbara, Honduras — a geopolitically neutral alternative to Taiwan's dominance safe from China.
Over 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors are manufactured in Taiwan — one conflict, one blockade, one natural disaster away from halting the entire digital civilization.
The global AI industry, autonomous vehicles, medical devices, defense systems, and industrial automation all depend on a supply chain that has zero redundancy in the Western Hemisphere south of the US border.
Legacy node chips (28–180nm) represent 70% of all semiconductors by volume. TSMC and Samsung are actively deprioritizing this segment. The gap is real, strategic, and growing dangerously.
Advanced chip manufacturing concentrated in Taiwan — one geopolitical crisis halts global AI.
No secure, scalable semiconductor manufacturing alternative exists in the Americas south of the US.
Legacy nodes represent 70% of chips by volume — deprioritized by TSMC, critical to U.S. industry.
Legacy node (28–180nm) foundry — the segment TSMC and Samsung are deprioritizing. Core to automotive, medical, defense, and industrial AI.
Tier II–III data center for regional AI inference and training workloads. First integrated compute infrastructure in Central America.
First semiconductor education center in Central America. Platia® Fellows Program. Diaspora recruitment. Labor cost 5–8x lower than Taiwan or the USA.
CAFTA-DR zero-tariff US market access. US-Honduras BIT since 2001. 3-hour flight to Miami. EPZ: 0% income tax for 10–15 years.
Largest deepwater port in Central America — direct access for machinery and equipment import from the U.S. and allied nations.
Bilateral Investment Treaty in force since 2001 — full legal protection, national treatment, and dispute resolution for U.S. investors.
Zero-tariff, preferential access to the U.S. market for manufactured goods — direct competitive advantage over Asian alternatives.
0% income tax for the first 10–15 years of operation under Honduras Export Processing Zone framework that could improve for the sake of the security of the hemisphere.
Skilled labor cost 5–8x lower than Taiwan, South Korea, or the United States — structural margin advantage at scale.
Site already identified in Santa Bárbara (Naco-Cofradía). Political relationships with Honduras government leadership in place.
Legal entity formation, land formalization, EPZ registration, feasibility study grant, pitch to institutional investors.
Land acquisition in Santa Bárbara, environmental studies, geotechnical analysis, power infrastructure, permits.
Cleanroom facility (Class 10,000), Tier II data center, ATP testing lab, offices, and talent center construction.
University alliances (UTN, USP, PUC, UNC, UTFSM, UA, UNAH, UNITEC, UTH/UTH Florida, UPI, CEDAC, UCR, UTEC, U-GALILEO, UTP), Platia Fellows Program, diaspora recruitment, international training partnerships.
Legacy node (28–180nm) semiconductor foundry — the TSMC of the Americas . Full-scale chip manufacturing for U.S. and regional clients.
Honduras is not the obvious choice. That is exactly why it works.
Moisés E. Flores was born in Honduras in 1984, into a family shaped by early loss and scarcity — and by a legacy of leadership he never forgot. An entrepreneur since age 10, he founded his first private security enterprise with no starting capital.
A self-taught, creating some of the best startups, the country's first technological disruptor, student of technology and artificial intelligence, he identified what global funds and analysts had not yet seen: that the AI world depends critically on Taiwan, and that Honduras holds the unique conditions to become the secure alternative for the Western Hemisphere.
His mission: to prove that origin does not determine destiny — not his, and not his country's.
Founded at 55. No personal capital. Rejected by Intel, TI, Motorola. One reluctant investor (Philips). A vision no one else could see.
Starting at 41. With a half-finished engineering degree — just like Elon Musk wasn't an aerospace engineer when he founded SpaceX, nor was Chang a businessman when he founded TSMC. What they have in common is not the diploma. It's the ability to see what the world still cannot see. Moses does not expect everyone to join. He only waits for those who already see what he sees — and have the courage to go for it.
Deep technical expertise. Government of Taiwan backing. One reluctant corporate investor.
The strategic vision to transform the world. Serial tech entrepreneur. Small business owner. Obsessed. Political access in Honduras. DFC, IDB Invest, and USTDA as institutional targets. Geopolitical tailwind.
$800B+ company. Sustained the entire digital era. Most strategically important company on Earth.
The first safe haven for semiconductors in the Western Hemisphere in Central America. Proof that origin does not determine destiny.
Lead capital partners. Board representation and strategic advisory rights. First priority in return waterfall.
Development finance institutions. Impact mandate, patient capital, and U.S. government-backed risk mitigation.
Regulatory facilitation, EPZ sponsorship, infrastructure support, and sovereign co-investment signal.
Project originator, visionary, operator, and political access. Skin in the game through sweat equity and execution.
Capital Requirements: Stage 0 Seed: $80K–$150K · Stage 1–2 (Land & Build): $2M–$60M · Full Buildout: $200M–$500M+ · Staged milestones protect investors at every phase. Full financial model available upon execution of NDA.
Because Honduras has nothing to envy in the rest of the world. But there's an uncomfortable question that needs to be asked: does Honduras have the raw materials to manufacture chips? The honest answer is: Yes and No.
And even less so Taiwan: Taiwan, South Korea doesn't have silicon. Intel in Arizona doesn't have it. TSMC, Samsung, and all the major foundries buy their silicon wafers from specialized suppliers in Japan and Germany—and import them.
Honduras Semiconductor & AI Infrastructure Hub (HSAIH) does exactly the same — but with an advantage TSMC doesn't have: preferential access to those same suppliers under the CAFTA-DR framework, with reduced or zero tariffs from the United States and its trading partners + Copper, Pure Water and Energy.
Porque Honduras no tiene nada que envidiar al resto. Pero hay un pregunta incomoda que hay que hacer: ¿tiene Honduras la materia prima para fabricar chips? La respuesta honesta es: Si y No.
Y menos aún: Taiwán, Corea del Sur no tiene silicio. Intel en Arizona no lo tiene. TSMC, Samsung y todas las grandes fundiciones compran sus obleas de silicio a proveedores especializados en Japón y Alemania — y las importan.
Honduras Semiconductor & AI Infrastructure Hub (HSAIH) hace exactamente lo mismo — pero con una ventaja que las demás no tiene: acceso preferencial a esos mismos proveedores bajo el marco CAFTA-DR, con aranceles reducidos o cero desde Estados Unidos y sus socios comerciales + Cobre, Agua pura y Energia.
A legacy chip factory consumes between 5 and 10 million liters of ultra-pure water per day. Honduras has the most abundant rivers in Central America — the Ulúa, Chamelecón, and Aguán. The Santa Bárbara area has exceptional water availability. That resource cannot be imported, cannot be manufactured, and Taiwan doesn't have it as easily. It is a permanent structural advantage. Una fábrica de chips legacy consume entre 5 y 10 millones de litros de agua ultra-pura por día. Honduras tiene los ríos más caudalosos de Centroamérica — el Ulúa, el Chamelecón, el Aguán. La zona de Santa Bárbara cuenta con abundancia hídrica excepcional. Ese recurso no se importa, no se fabrica, y no lo tiene Taiwan con la misma facilidad. Es una ventaja estructural permanente.
"The Honduras Semiconductor & AI Infrastructure Hub does not depend on Honduras' geology for its raw materials—although it possesses three valuable resources, it will import from the same global suppliers used by TSMC, with the CAFTA-DR tariff advantage. What it does leverage from Honduras is what no supplier can export:abundant water, hydroelectric energy, strategic location, and labor costs 5–8x lower and a safe environment. That is the real advantage for HSAIH." "Honduras Semiconductor & AI Infraestructure Hub no depende de la geología de Honduras para sus materias primas — aúnque posee 3 recursos valiosos, importará de los mismos proveedores globales que utiliza TSMC, con la ventaja arancelaria CAFTA-DR. Lo que sí aprovecha de Honduras es lo que ningún proveedor puede exportar: agua abundante, energía hidroeléctrica, ubicación estratégica, y costo laboral 5–8x inferior y un lugar seguro. Eso es la ventaja real para HSAIH."
We are not looking for investors who simply believe in the numbers. We are looking for leaders who understand that for the good of our hemisphere and of this era, the projects that change the world are not started by obvious people, in obvious places, at obvious times. Honduras is not the obvious choice. That is exactly why it works.