US and Philippines move "very quickly" on 4,000-acre AI hub under Pax Silica, but diplomatic immunity request was rejected

This article was published on May 18, 2026 TL;DRThe US and Philippines are moving “very, very quickly” on a 4,000-acre AI and supply chain hub in New Clark City, the first physical facility under the Pax Silica initiative. Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg visited the site with American companies, while the Philippines rejected a US request for diplomatic immunity at the facility. The US and Philippines are moving “very, very quickly” on a 4,000-acre AI and supply chain hub in New Clark City, the first physical facility under the Pax Silica initiative. Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg visited the site with American companies, while the Philippines rejected a US request for diplomatic immunity at the facility. The United States and the Philippines are moving “very, very quickly” on a planned 4,000-acre artificial intelligence and supply chain hub in New Clark City, north of Manila, according to Jacob Helberg, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Helberg visited the proposed site on Monday with more than a dozen American companies, the first high-level inspection of land that is intended to become the inaugural “AI-native industrial acceleration hub” under th