WASHINGTON DC [US], December 13 (ANI): The United States has launched Pax Silica, a strategic initiative aimed at creating a secure, innovation-driven silicon supply chain, in partnership with Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Israel. The declaration was signed on Friday at the Pax Silica Summit in Washington DC.
The initiative seeks to ensure resilience across the entire supply chain—from critical minerals and energy inputs to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and logistics. Pax Silica is designed to reduce coercive dependencies, safeguard essential materials and technologies for artificial intelligence, and enable partner nations to develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale, according to the US Department of State.
A State Department spokesperson emphasised, “Pax Silica is a positive-sum partnership. It is not about isolating others, but about coordinating with partners who want to remain competitive and prosperous.”
The US administration highlighted the growing need for secure supply chains, trusted technology, and resilient infrastructure as fundamental to national power and economic growth. The initiative also responds to rising global demand for AI technologies, critical minerals, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing.
Drawing on the Latin terms pax, meaning peace and stability, and silica, a key element for computer chips, Pax Silica seeks to establish a durable economic framework for the AI-driven era. Partner countries will cooperate on securing strategic components of the technology supply chain, including software platforms, foundation models, information networks, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, energy grids, and logistics.
The participating nations committed to pursuing joint projects to address supply chain vulnerabilities, co-investment opportunities, and the protection of sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure. The pact also aims to build trusted technology ecosystems, including ICT systems, data centres, and fibre-optic networks.
The joint declaration, dated December 13, states, “Through this cooperation, we pursue a comprehensive economic partnership to build an economic security order based on trust, technological complementarity, shared interests, and a shared commitment to a more prosperous future.”
Pax Silica marks a significant step in aligning global AI and semiconductor capabilities among key US allies while ensuring strategic resilience in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
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