The engagement follows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s 2024 directive to pause and comprehensively restructure the MIF, initiating a renewed 2024–2025 planning cycle focused on governance reform, capital optimization, and long-term national development priorities. As part of this reset, Philippine policymakers and advisors are evaluating artificial intelligence compute, data-center infrastructure, and sovereign digital capacity as foundational components of future economic competitiveness. LOS ANGELES, Dec ...