Trinidad's AMCHAM summit pitches the twin islands as a regional AI hub

Trinidad and Tobago’s largest private-sector body, AMCHAM T&T, opens its Tech Hub Islands Summit on June 30, showcasing companies exporting AI and cybersecurity services across the region and arguing the country should position itself as a higher-value technology hub rather than a low-margin outsourcing market. Organisers point to the skilled Trinidadian diaspora — including senior figures at Google, AWS and IBM — as a network the country can tap, while noting that the energy sector expects enough gas within 18 to 36 months to attract data-centre investment. The push runs alongside the government’s slow-moving effort to restart the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery and revive upstream exploration.

Source: Nearshore Americas; Caribbean News Global; Trinidad and Tobago Newsday (2026).