Argentina’s Milei pitches a regulation-free AI haven at the end of the world - San Francisco Chronicle

Argentina's President Javier Milei is pitching his country as a regulation-free haven for data centers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The article, headlined "Argentina's Milei pitches a regulation-free AI haven at the end of the world," describes a president offering foreign investors a hands-off approach to the facilities that power artificial intelligence. The stated aim of the pitch is to draw foreign investment into the country.

According to the Chronicle, the offer is framed around the absence of regulation rather than any named incentive, subsidy, site or company. The headline's phrase "at the end of the world" describes the remoteness of the location being offered to investors.

The excerpt attaches no figures to the proposal: it names no investment total, no capacity target, no timeline and no counterparties. What it does report is the contrast between Milei's position and that of authorities in the US and Europe, where the facilities face opposition from residents and policymakers. As the article presents it, the hands-off approach is itself the product being sold — the absence of regulation offered as the draw rather than described as a gap to be closed.