The northern region (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas) was the area with the second largest number of projects and the first in cumulative investment amount, with US$2,456.6 million (+65.59% vs. 2020), mainly concentrated in the state of Coahuila, which received the largest investment in 2021 with the announcement by General Motors to transform its Ramos Arizpe complex into a production site for electric cars and their components, which represents an investment of at least US$1 billion. Coahuila was also the second largest attractor of projects, with 20 new investments that will generate at least 6,425 new jobs and has an area under construction of more than 8.1 million square meters, the largest in the country.

Coahuila.

It is worth noting that Nuevo León consolidated its recovery in the automotive sector in 2021 with a 243.96% growth in accumulated investments (the highest in the country), compared to those received in 2020. The state of Nuevo Leon accumulated 5 projects that generated at least 4,750 direct jobs.