Nearshoring in Mexico: the IT infrastructure checklist to open operations

Announced nearshoring investment in Mexico already exceeds $70 billion USD. Every plant, warehouse or office being set up shares the same silent need: local IT infrastructure that works from day one.

Most companies discover too late that their corporate IT vendor has no arms in Mexico. This checklist serves both the company setting up and the integrator or corporate IT team that needs a local technical arm.

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The IT checklist for opening operations in Mexico

1. Connectivity and network

• Redundant internet links: two carriers, automatic failover.
• Certified Cat 6/6A structured cabling, documented and labeled.
• Enterprise WiFi engineered per zone: office, production floor, warehouse.
• Site-to-site VPN with headquarters and encrypted remote access.

2. Server room and power

• Rack or server room with a properly sized UPS and verified grounding.
• Temperature and power monitoring with alerts.
• Access control for the room: who enters, when, with a record.

3. Physical and logical security

• Integrated video surveillance (cameras, recording, biometrics) from the start, not as a patch later.
• Managed perimeter firewall and network segmentation: production separated from office.
• Local plus cloud backup policy from day one. Mexico logged 237,000 attack attempts in a single year.

4. Ongoing operation

• Local support with a written SLA. Headquarters can be in Austin, Frankfurt or Madrid, but the technician who fixes the fault has to be here.
• 24/7 monitoring of network, servers and power with immediate alerts.
• A documented, auditable IT inventory your corporate team can rely on.

The most expensive mistake: setting up without a local executor

We see it constantly. Digital infrastructure is now the factor that sustains, or stalls, nearshoring expansion in the country.

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We work as your technical arm in Mexico

At ProcessBi we execute field projects for brands, distributors, integrators and companies setting up: supply, certified cabling, network configuration, video surveillance, server rooms and commissioning. With documentation, photo evidence and ongoing support under a written SLA after launch.

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