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In the past few days, Patagonia has made headlines both for its core business and for the growing international attention on the region itself. The single biggest business development comes from Patagonia Lithium Ltd, which just announced on October 17 plans to launch a new drilling campaign at the Cilon concession beginning October 27. The company’s Executive Chairman, Phil Thomas, described an ambitious sequence of drilling and seismic milestones designed to fast-track Patagonia Lithium’s Formentera Brine Project toward a 2026 pilot plant. This project, located in Argentina’s Jujuy province in the heart of the lithium triangle, underscores Patagonia’s strategic push to solidify its position in critical minerals amid falling lithium prices and emerging global demand. Simultaneously, Patagonia Lithium is diversifying, identifying new targets for rare earth element exploration in Brazil, signaling a broader resource play. Both Mining.com.au and TipRanks note these moves as key de-risking steps and resource confirmations—foundational for the company’s future and potentially pivotal for the region’s economic tech narrative.

However, all eyes are on Patagonia for another reason: the announcement last week of a US$25 billion AI data center project called Stargate Argentina, a partnership between Sur Energy and OpenAI. This would mark Argentina’s largest technology infrastructure investment ever and the first hyperscale AI center in Latin America, intended to make Patagonia a digital and energy innovation hub. The Argentine government, and even President Javier Milei himself, promoted the deal as transformative for the region, meeting with OpenAI and Sur Energy leadership. Yet beneath the fanfare, outlets like Business Insider and Blue Dollar Updates clarify that OpenAI has not committed direct funds, only a letter of intent to become the facility’s lead customer once it’s built. Sur Energy, meanwhile, has courted scrutiny for its limited corporate footprint and lack of public track record, with some in local media speculating its real value might be largely symbolic, stoking skepticism about execution. Still, the project’s scale and the political endorsements around it ensure it will be one to watch for long-term impact.

Elsewhere in the brand world, Patagonia itself continues to drive the narrative of environmental responsibility. CEO Ryan Gellert told Fortune this week that responsible business is more critical than ever globally, reaffirming the company’s activist positioning. On the public stage, engagement on Patagonia’s Instagram remains stable with around 5.4 million followers, steady content output, and a respectable likes-to-comments ratio, though growth has been flat and earnings are trending slightly downward, according to HypeAuditor. HuffPost recently spotlighted Patagonia in a round-up of top outdoor goods retailers, keeping the brand in the consumer conversation as a mainstay of the eco-conscious outdoor lifestyle. All in all, these days Patagonia finds itself at the intersection of global raw material supply, the AI tech race, and the ongoing campaign for responsible capitalism—each vying to define its biography for years to come.

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