INFRAESTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE TRIPLE TAKE-OFF A map without infrastructure is like a red fault indicator. The first to heed the warning were the city-states, which are more flexible and have more manageable needs: Hong Kong, due to its particular position and status, and Singapore, thanks to growth driven by the Chinese boom and its companies located there. Other markets are remedying this shortfall. The UN cites infra-structure as the most decisive factor in economic, environmental, and social development. The massive Indonesia plans to invest USD 400 billion in airports, energy systems, and transportation by 2024. The Philippine program Build, Build, Build will invest 164.7 billion dollars in water management infrastructure, the transition to renew-ables, and transportation to connect a—beautiful but frenetic—coun-try with over 7,100 islands by means of bridges, roads, airports, and railroads, especially in the heavily populated areas of Luzon, Mindanao, and Misamis. While Madrid has some 400 kilometers of railroad tunnels, the Philippine capital, with 12 million inhabitants, has barely started to break through its virgin ground. This decade, Vietnam aims to build 5,000 kilometers of highways, and Singapore will expand its own net-work with five major projects. According to Reuters, this part of the planet must increase its use of bioethanol, biofuel, and electric cars by 20% by 2050 to reduce its fossil fuel dependence. “The region is one of the most attractive markets in the world for us,” says Jorge Fernández-Gayoso, Business Development Director in EMEA and former Head of Development in Southeast Asia for ACCIONA Energía, “with strong growth in the demand for electricity and infrastructure to solve issues like power failures, network congestion, and high prices during peak hours.”