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November 2019
Foreign direct investment continues to grow in 2019 and reaches US$10,350 million in first nine months
11 November 2019
The amount represented a 116% increase on January-September 2018. At US$10,350 million, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Chile in the first nine months of this year was up by 116% on the same period last year. According to the Central Bank of Chile, there was a net inflow of US$1,235 million in September. The figure […]
October 2019
Amazon Web Services announces million-dollar investment in Chile
25 October 2019
Pending Amazon’s choice of our country or Argentina as the location for its regional data center, the company will install an Edge location in Chile for its CloudFront service. The project is estimated to represent an investment of US$50 million. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of global technology giant Amazon, has announced a million-dollar […]
Regional Government launches InvestAraucanía to attract foreign investment to the Region
18 October 2019
InvestAraucanía will serve as a pilot test for the strategy’s subsequent application in other regions of the country. It will be supported directly by InvestChile, the national foreign investment promotion agency. The Regional Government (GORE) of the Araucanía Region and InvestChile launched InvestAraucanía, the country’s first Regional Foreign Investment Promotion and Attraction Unit. It was […]
Foreign direct investment increases 70% in first eight months to US$9,115 million
07 October 2019
Investment in the form of equity reached US$5,178 million, its highest level since records began. At US$9,115 million, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Chile in the first eight months of this year was up by 70% on the same period last year. According to the Central Bank of Chile, there was a net inflow of […]
HIT Cowork expands in Chile: the Argentine company plans two openings in Santiago
02 October 2019
The coworking space company has chosen Chile to start its regional expansion. It is already in Valparaíso and will now open in the capital. HIT Cowork, an Argentine flexible workspace company, is seeking to establish itself as one of the leading companies in its field in Chile. It has already made its debut in […]
September 2019
Oracle announces installation of large data center in Chile in 2020
18 September 2019
The owner of the company and the seventh richest man in the world, Larry Ellison himself announced the news at an event in San Francisco. Chile is the second Latin American country, after Brazil, to which the company is making a strong commitment. Oracle, the international technology services giant, has announced that it plans to […]
Foreign direct investment up by 83% to US$8,358 million in first seven months
11 September 2019
The director of InvestChile, Cristián Rodríguez, pointed out that this is more than entered the country in the whole of last year. At US$8,358 million, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Chile in the first seven months of this year was up by 83% on the same period last year. According to the Central Bank of […]
Energy minister and director of InvestChile inaugurate mega solar plant in Tarapacá Region
09 September 2019
The S4 Solar Chile park will generate power equivalent to the consumption of 100,000 households and represents an investment of almost US$200 million. On Friday, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet and the director of InvestChile, Cristián Rodríguez, inaugurated S4 Solar Chile, a new photovoltaic park located 120 kilometers southeast of the city of Iquique on […]
InvestChile promotes investment opportunities in the energy, transport and lithium sectors at ChileWeek 2019
06 September 2019
The Agency’s director, Cristián Rodríguez, held a series of bilateral meetings with important Chinese companies such as China Three Gorges, State Power Investment Corporation, State Grid and China Huaneng Group. The director of InvestChile, Cristián Rodríguez, traveled to Beijing and Shanghai to participate in the fifth version of ChileWeek. The Agency’s activities sought principally to […]
August 2019
Evernote announces Chile as location for first software development center outside United States
29 August 2019
US-based Evernote has chosen Chile for its first software development center outside the United States, a project on which it began work with InvestChile in September 2018. The center, which will focus on developing the application’s new characteristics, has so far hired over ten people and is looking to expand its team to more than […]