Querétaro

Thesis

October 11, 2026 · 9 min

Twenty million: the North American regions the size of the Bajío-Occidente

The Bajío-Occidente is home to 22.1 million people. North America has only a handful of regions that size: greater Mexico City, the Texas Triangle, Southern California, New York, Florida and the Québec City–Windsor Corridor, plus Guatemala and Hispaniola. With the same number of people, the Texas Triangle produces six times more per person.

Sustainable development

October 7, 2026 · 9 min

The Bajío states and the 2030 Agenda

Five states, five ways to put the SDGs into practice. Three charge per tonne of CO₂, at different prices. Two have a net-zero emissions target. Only one has an energy ministry. Water is the weak point of all five. And there is no regional table.

Infrastructure

September 28, 2026 · 6 min

The new Mexico City–Querétaro–Irapuato train: the logic and the money

The federal government is building 340 km of new double-track passenger railway from Mexico City to Irapuato for about MXN 191 billion, and plans another 303 km to Guadalajara for MXN 127.5 billion. What changed since 2014, and what to check before relying on the numbers.

Market

September 27, 2026 · 7 min

Bajío industrial parks: occupancy and the pace of construction in 2026

Vacancy in the Bajío rose from 3–4% to a 4–6% range, and construction opened the year at a record pace before cooling. This is not deterioration but normalisation after the nearshoring peak. What sets a park apart is no longer free space, but the power it can deliver.

History

September 27, 2026 · 12 min

Who settled the Bajío: 2,600 years told from its cities

The Bajío has filled up and emptied out more than once. Preclassic farmers settled it first; around the year 1000 they abandoned it; silver and wheat repopulated it in the 16th century; by 1803 it was the densest region of New Spain. Today León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes are home to more than five million people, and the order among them is shifting.

Thesis

September 19, 2026 · 6 min

The Bajío is heating up: temperature, power demand and what Mexico's hottest cities teach

León has already passed 40 °C and Mexico's grid set a new demand record in July 2026. The Bajío is not Mexicali, but it has less subsidy, less margin and a peak at eight in the evening.

History

September 6, 2026 · 9 min

Germany in the Bajío: two centuries of technique, half a century of capital

At the September 2 Summit, the Guanajuato government counted nearly 70 German projects and some USD 4 billion. Almost all of it postdates 1973. Before that, Germany had spent two centuries in the Bajío supplying something else: knowledge.

Environment

March 10, 2026 · 5 min

Four states, three models: how to prepare a project an environmental fund will actually finance

Environmental money exists in three of the four Bajío states, but each fund rewards a different applicant and project. A comparison, which fund for what, and seven steps to a fundable project.

Environment

February 10, 2026 · 5 min

Querétaro: an environmental fund open to companies, academia and civil society

Querétaro's environmental fund is not a trust but an instrument with annual rules, and any individual or organisation can submit a project. Who can apply, what it funds and how projects are scored.