From Guyana's first data centre to a gas bottling plant and a fertiliser-making facility, major developments are planned for Wales on the West Bank of Demerara, as Guyana's first Gas-to-Energy project takes shape.
Not only is it envisioned that the Wales development will herald a new phase of industrialisation in Guyana, but it should help spur developments elsewhere.
"Our eyes are turning to Region Six, to Berbice, because we have plans for some more of the gas that we've discovered, to land another pipeline in the Berbice region.
"But how we make progress here, how successful we are here in Region Three, will give us the lessons learned and also the confidence of other investors to come to Guyana and be part of this amazing journey," President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge told a Region Three engagement forum on Thursday.
So what's happening in Region Three exactly?
At Wales, a new industrial zone is being developed.
About 50 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) of gas will be supplied to the mega Gas-to-Energy project there. The gas is from the lucrative Stabroek Block, where an ExxonMobil-led consortium has been producing oil since 2019. The pipeline has already been constructed; the first phase of the gas project should be operational by the end of 2026.
A 300-megawatt (MW) power plant at Wales will use natural gas to generate cleaner, cheaper electricity. That electricity is meant to power communities — from homes to businesses and other organisations — through a massively upgraded power distribution network.
The Irfaan Ali-led administration also wants it to power a 100 MW data centre to be built at Wales.
A Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) processing plant will also treat the gas, removing liquids such as propane and butane for commercialisation.
The government is already eyeing a second 300 MW power plant at Wales, to use more natural gas and meet what is believed to be a steadily increasing demand for energy.
Then comes Berbice, where another gas project has been mapped out.
In March 2026, at a press conference in Georgetown, Routledge told reporters of the vast gas reserves still offshore and said the company sees the Haimara development as an anchor for this second gas project. To bring that gas onshore, however, the company wants concrete projects that will utilise it. Data centres, power generation facilities, and bauxite-to-alumina plants are among the projects that international investors have proposed to both the Government of Guyana and ExxonMobil.
There aren’t concrete decisions on the Berbice development just yet. At the Region Three engagement forum, however, Routledge alluded to how progress in that region would influence investments in Berbice.
"We're backing you. We need you to deliver as Region Three because Berbice is counting on you," Routledge said.
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