I think it really speaks to a key part of our innovation skills plan, which is around growth and jobs, of course, and also creating a collaboration in the culture of innovation.
We had a very competitive process when it came to the superclusters. Many companies, organizations and academic institutions partnered up to put forward their proposals. Ultimately, we selected five. One that really stood out was advanced manufacturing—the one that you highlighted—or NGen as it's called and as it's being marketing presently. It's a supercluster that really has brought together some key areas of strength in manufacturing. We have a footprint that's reasonably strong at 10%. It needs to not only maintain that level, but to grow now.
This supercluster is really focused on advanced manufacturing, 3D printing and skills. They have a concierge service where they are upskilling and re-skilling individuals to understand that as technology evolves and changes, so do the functions and the roles of individuals who use this technology. They need the skills and upgrading as well. It's a really big play on talent and people.
As you highlighted, the digital supercluster has not only moved from a strong governance model, but ultimately now has announced projects as well. You will see projects coming forward in the coming weeks that highlight collaboration where data strategies are shared, where intellectual property strategies are shared and where collaboration will take place, particularly between the larger and smaller companies. How to integrate the supply chains was also a key desire of our programming.
It's also really interesting to note that when we are out there trying to attract foreign investments, many of them are talking about these superclusters because it allows companies that are new to Canada, for instance, to automatically connect into an ecosystem where they can leverage relationships and really be part of some interesting collaborations.
It's across the country. We'll see investments in the ocean supercluster in a timely manner, as well as in Scale AI for artificial intelligence.
As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we are very confident that we'll hit a minimum of 50,000 jobs. We think that we will exceed that, but that's a very minimum benchmark in the coming years.