Argentine-Spanish businessman Martin Varsavsky and other technology magnates are building a shelter in Argentina in case of nuclear war, climate catastrophe, or economic collapse. The Financial Times reported that the doomsday bunker is located on the 32,000-hectare Huamani ranch in Mendoza province, at the foot of the Andes.
Varsavsky, who made his fortune in telecommunications, internet, renewable energy, biotechnology, and reproductive medicine, came up with the project idea. He bought the farm in 2023 together with Kind snack bar founder Daniel Lubetzky and tech entrepreneur Alec Oxenford, who serves as Argentina's ambassador to the United States.
Varsavsky considers Argentina one of the safest locations during a global conflict because it is equally far from major nuclear powers and has sufficient food and energy supplies. He believes South American nations will preserve a functioning society even after a nuclear war.
Infrastructure and survival plans
During two years of construction, workers built prefabricated homes, geodesic domes, and an airstrip on the property. The structures feature solar panels that supply power to computers running large language models. Varsavsky said these models will allow the ranch's internet to keep working if global servers go offline.
Investors have put nearly $10 million into the ranch, where they plan to raise livestock and consider purchasing additional land for crops. Separately, post-apocalyptic thriller author Jason Orvis previously built a doomsday shelter for up to 200 people, complete with 110 tons of grain storage, a well, solar panels, greenhouses, an armory, workshops, smokehouses, and a large year-round food garden.
