List of technology centers

This is a list of technology centers throughout the world. Government planners and business networks often incorporate "silicon" or "valley" into place names to describe their own areas as a result of the success of Silicon Valley in California. Metrics may be applied to measure qualitative differences between these places, including:

• How much and to what extent public and/or private research and development (R&D) funds are spent in the zones
• What percentage of local employment is technology related
• If the zone is mainly government funded or is mainly corporate driven (or is it a mix of both)
• If mainly corporate, how much revenue and profit and which corporations have headquarters there
• If mainly corporate, how much venture capital has been made available to companies in the zone
• What supporting higher educational institutions (e.g., universities or colleges) are located in nearby

Globally prominent clusters[]

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• Silicon Valley: Originating in Stanford University (Palo Alto and Menlo Park), and spreading south towards San Jose, California, and suburbs. San Francisco and nearby areas including Berkeley and Oakland are technically not part of Silicon Valley but have seen growth in industries such as web development since the 90s and venture capital. Silicon Valley, home to two of the largest Big Four tech companies, Apple and Google, has maintained dominance for decades in core industries such as microprocessor development as well as software and apps development
• Greater Seattle: one of the largest tech clusters in the world, home to two of the largest & wealthiest Big Fours: Microsoft and Amazon, as well as Boeing, Nintendo and most major tech players have significant presence and research centers in Greater Seattle. University of Washington and Puget Sound vicinity is also home to a large numbers of notable companies & startups in Life Sciences, biotechnology, medical, video/online game, aerospace, aviation, fintech, technology investment, funds, venture capital, as well as various research & technology centers
• Cambridge Cluster: The name given to the region around Cambridge, England, which is home to a large cluster of high-tech businesses focusing on software, electronics and biotechnology, among others AstraZeneca. Many of these businesses have connections with the University of Cambridge, and the area is now one of the most important technology centres in Europe
• IT cluster Rhine-Main-Neckar, Germany: Europe's largest software cluster, is globally dominant in business software, IT security research and biopharmaceuticals
• Geneva, Switzerland is globally dominant in particle physics at CERN and various frontier scientific & technology research
• Dulles Technology Corridor is globally dominant in telecom, satellite, and defense industries
• Hsinchu Science Park: Greater Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Taiwan is the dominant area worldwide for pure-play semiconductor foundry market
• Silicon Alley is a portion of Manhattan, New York City, that encompasses Broadway, the Flatiron District, SoHo, and TriBeCa technology centers
• Silicon Wadi: An area with a high concentration of high-tech industries^[1] in the coastal plain in Israel.
• Eindhoven, The Netherlands is a leading area in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, stemming from the Eindhoven University of Technology, ASML and Philips.

List[]

Africa[]

Cameroon

• Silicon Mountain: most innovative startups in Buea

Egypt

• Smart Village Egypt: part of Greater Cairo
• Maadi technology Park

Kenya

• Konza Technology City: launched in 2013, and set to host business process outsourcing (BPO) ventures, a science park, and other facilities

Mauritius

• Ebene Cyber City

Morocco

• Casablanca: Casablanca Technopark

Nigeria

• Lagos: Yabacon Valley

South Africa

• Silicon Cape, Western Cape
• Technopark Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

Zambia

• National Technology Business Centre (NTBC): Lusaka

Middle East and North Africa[]

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Silicon Oasis

Americas[]

Bolivia

Brazil

• Florianópolis
• Campinas, São Paulo, São José dos Campos, São Carlos: The Silicon Valley of Brazil
• Porto Digital: Recife

Canada

• Canada's Technology Triangle with Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario: home to BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion), Open Text, Kik Messenger, Desire2Learn, and the Canadian head office of Google; home to the Communitech HUB start-up incubator
• Greater Vancouver, British Columbia: home to Sony Pictures Imageworks, PMC-Sierra, Telus, Hootsuite, EA Canada, Vision Critical, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Westport Innovations, Slack Technologies, Teradici and D-Wave Systems
• Markham, Ontario: home to the Canadian head offices of Sony, Avaya, IBM, Motorola, Toshiba, Lucent, Sun Microsystems, Apple, American Express and AMD Graphics Product Group
• Silicon Valley North: the National Capital Region around Ottawa, Ontario, ,—home to Mitel, Shopify, DragonWave, Alcatel Lucent, and Halogen Software
• Greater Toronto Area: specifically Mississauga and Brampton
• Cité Multimédia, Montreal
• Technoparc Montreal

Chile

• Parque Científico y Tecnológico Laguna Carén, Pudahuel, Santiago
• Parque Científico y Tecnológico Pacyt Bío Bío, Concepción
• Centro Antártico Internacional, Punta Arenas
• Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Guatemala

• Guatemala City

Mexico

• Guadalajara
• Mexico City
• Monterrey
• Queretaro
• Tijuana
• Cancun

United States

• Automation Alley: Metropolitan Detroit, primarily Oakland County, Michigan
• Cummings Research Park: Huntsville, Alabama
• Denver Tech Center: Denver, Colorado
• Dulles Technology Corridor: Northern Virginia near Washington Dulles Airport
• Greater Seattle
• Golden Corridor: Near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Northwest Suburbs
• Greater Reno, Nevada
• Illinois Technology and Research Corridor: DuPage County, Illinois
• Optics Valley: Tucson, Arizona
• Research Triangle: Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, North Carolina, centered on Research Triangle Park
• Route 128: Eastern Massachusetts
• Silicon Alley: New York City
• Silicon Beach: Playa Vista in West Los Angeles
• Silicon Hills: Austin, Texas and its suburbs
• Silicon Forest: Portland, Oregon
• Silicon Peach: Atlanta, Georgia
• Silicon Prairie: Metropolitan Dallas (primarily the northern region and its suburbs)
• Silicon Slopes: Salt Lake City, Utah including Utah County (Provo, Utah) and Summit County (Park City, Utah) and surrounding areas.
• Silicon Valley
• Tech Coast: broadly Southern California, Silicon Beach refers to emergent Santa Monica-LAX tech cluster.
• Tech Valley: The Capital District area of Albany, NY
• Telecom Corridor (an area in the Silicon Prairie): Richardson, suburb of Dallas, Texas
• Texas Medical Center: Houston, Texas

Uruguay

• Zonamerica, Metropolitan Area of Montevideo: The Silicon Valley of Uruguay
• , Canelones, Uruguay
• , Buceo, Montevideo
• , Aguada, Montevideo

Asia[]

China

• Jing-Jin-Ji: Beijing-Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Hi-Tech Industrial Belt
  • Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing
• Chengdu, Sichuan: Chengdu Tianfu Software Park^[2]
• Dalian, Liaoning: Dalian Hi-tech Zone, Dalian Software Park
• Shenyang: Hunnan New Area
• Shenzhen: Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park
• Shanghai: Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park^[3]

Hong Kong

• Cyberport: Hong Kong Island
• Hong Kong Science Park: New Territories

India

• Software Technology Parks of India
• Bangalore: Electronics City, International Tech Park, Bangalore, Manyata Embassy Business Park: Bangalore
• Delhi IT Park : Delhi
• Pune: Cyber City, Hinjawadi, Magarpatta
• HITEC City: Hyderabad
• : between Pune and Mumbai
• Cyber City, Gurgaon, Haryana: near Delhi
• Noida, Uttar Pradesh:
• Chennai: IT Corridor, Mahindra World City, New Chennai, DLF SEZ, Automotive Corridor, EMS Corridor, SEZ Corridor, Chennai ITIR, Entertainment Corridor, SIPCOT IT Park, Tidel Park, Olympia Tech Park, International Tech Park, Chennai, Ramanujan IT City, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Guindy Industrial Estate, World Trade Center, , , , , ,
• Sricity, Andhra Pradesh: near Tirupati
• IKP-Alexandria Biotech Knowledge Park: Hyderabad
• IT City, Lucknow
• MIHAN: Nagpur
• Cyberabad: Hyderabad
• Bhubaneswar: Infovalley,^[4][5] Odisha Biotech Park ^[6][7]

Indonesia

• Bandung
• Batam
• Jakarta
• Malang
• Yogyakarta

Iran

• Pardis Technology Park^[8] in Pardis, Iran's Silicon Valley

Israel

• Tel Aviv/Mediterranean Coastal Region: referred to as Silicon Wadi, an area with a high concentration of high-tech industries^[1] in the coastal plain in Israel. Israel as a whole country has a strong high-tech sector. The Silicon Wadi area covers much of the country, although especially high concentrations of hi-tech industry can be found in Tel Aviv and its metropolitan area, known as Gush Dan, including small clusters around the cities of Ra'anana, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, Netanya, the academic city of Rehovot and its neighbor Rishon LeZion. In addition, hi-tech clusters can be found in Haifa and Caesarea. Jerusalem also has significant high-tech establishments (Technology Park, Malha, Har Hotzvim and JVP Media Quarter in Talpiot). Another notable high-tech park is the Startup Village in Yokneam Illit. Yehud hosts Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software campus^[9] and other IT and high-tech companies.

Japan

• Kansai Science City (Keihanna Science City), on the borders of Kyoto, Osaka and Nara Prefectures^[10]
• Tsukuba Science City, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture^[11]
• Yokosuka Research Park (YRP), Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture^[12]

Malaysia

• Technology Park Malaysia (TPM), Kuala Lumpur^[13]
• Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) / Cyberjaya, Selangor
• Selangor Science Park, Selangor
• Selangor Science Park 2, Selangor^[14]
• Subang Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Selangor
• FRIM-MTDC Technology Centre, Selangor^[15]
• UPM-MTDC Technology Centre, Selangor^[16]
• UKM-MTDC Technology Centre. Selangor^[17]
• UITM-MTDC Technology Centre. Selangor^[18]
• Penang (Known as "Silicon Valley of the East") ^{[19][20][21][22]}
• Penang Science Park, Penang
• Penang Cybercity, Penang^[23]
• MSC Cyberport, Johor^[24]
• Johor Technology Park, Johor
• Nusajaya Tech Park, Johor^[25]
• UTM-MTDC Technology Centre, Technovation Park, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor^[26]
• Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), Kedah^[27]

Myanmar

• Yadanabon Cyber City

Pakistan

• Arfa Karim Technology Park (former Software Technology Park): Lahore^[28]
• IT Media City: Karachi
• National Science Park: Islamabad
• Software Technology Park (1, 2, 3)

Philippines

• , Laguna^[29]
• , Batangas^[29]
• , Batangas^[29]
• , Bataan^[29]
• , Cebu^[29]
• Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija
• Calamba Premiere International Park

Qatar

• Qatar Science & Technology Park, Ar Rayyan

Saudi Arabia

• Riyadh Techno Valley, Riyadh
• Dhahran Techno-Valley, Dhahran
• King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh

Singapore

• Singapore Science Park^[30] The southwestern corner of Singapore

South Korea

• Daedeok Science Town, Daejeon
• Digital Media City, Seoul
• LG Science Park, Seoul
• Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi^[31]
• Samsung Town, Seoul
• Gumi Technology Industrial Park, Gumi, North Gyeongsang
• Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, North Gyeongsang
• Songdo, Incheon
• Teheran Valley, Seoul

Taiwan

• Central Taiwan Science Park: Changhua County, Nantou County, Taichung City and Yunlin County^[32]
• Southern Taiwan Science Park: Kaohsiung City and Tainan City^[33]
• Nankang Software Park: Taipei City^[34]
• Neihu High Tech Science Park: Taipei City

Thailand

• Thailand Science Park, north of Bangkok
• Software Park Thailand, Bangkok

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Internet City, Dubai
• Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai
• Dubai Media City, Dubai
• Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

Uzbekistan

• , Tashkent

Vietnam

• Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, Hanoi
• Saigon Hi-Tech Park
• Danang Hi-tech Park

Europe[]

Austria

• Softwarepark Hagenberg: Hagenberg, Upper Austria
• VRVis Research Center: Vienna

Belarus

• Belarus High Technologies Park: Minsk

Belgium

• BioWin: The Health Cluster of Wallonia

Bulgaria

• : Sofia

Czech Republic

• South Moravian Innovation Centre: Brno
• (Plzeň)

Finland

• Otaniemi: near Helsinki

France

• Paris-Saclay
• GIANT: Grenoble (nanotechnology, particle physics, bioscience and renewable energy)^[35]
• Metz Science Park: Metz Technopole
• Toulouse: Toulouse Sud-Est: Agrobiopole, Labège-Innopole, Aerospace Valley
• Valbonne: Sophia Antipolis
• Villeneuve-d'Ascq: Technopôle Lille Métropole

Germany

• IT-Cluster Rhein-Main-Neckar, Frankfurt Rhine-Main and Rhine-Neckar
• Berlin: known as Silicon Allee, one of Europe's most dynamic technology, IT and startup centers
• Dresden (Silicon Saxony)
• Kaiserslautern (Silicon Woods)
• Dortmund (Ruhr Valley)
• Karlsruhe
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: BioCon Valley for its life science and biotechnology clusters^[36]
• Munich (Isar Valley)
• Western Pomerania (IT Lagoon)
• WISTA (Science and Technology Park in Berlin-Adlershof)

Hungary

•  [fr; hu]: Budapest

Ireland

• Dublin (known as "Silicon Docks" or "The European Silicon Valley", due to its high number of technological EMEA centres)

Italy

• Apple iOS Developer Academy: Naples
• FabriQ: Milan
• AREA Science Park: Trieste
•  [it]: Venezia

Netherlands

• Science Park Amsterdam: Amsterdam
• High Tech Campus Eindhoven: Eindhoven
• Technopolis Innovation Park Delft: Delft
• Utrecht Science Park: Utrecht

Portugal

• Taguspark
• Instituto Pedro Nunes: Coimbra

Russia

• Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk
• Skolkovo Innovation Center, Skolkovo, Moscow Oblast
• Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
• Innopolis, near Kazan'^[37]

Romania

• Bucharest
  • including Politehnica Campus, Regie Campus, Sema Park, Afi Park and Orhideea Offices
  • Pipera including Pipera Park, Aviației Offices and Piața Pipera Offices
  • Măgurele including the European laser technology institute
  • Romexpo including Expozitiei Offices, Tipografiei Offices and Jiului Offices
  • Militari including West Gate Offices
• Cluj Napoca^[38]
  • Între Lacuri start-up offices
  • Jucu technology park
• Iași
  • Palas-Sfântul Andrei Offices
• Craiova
  • S200 technology park including Universitatea Campus
  • Ford automotive park
• Timișoara
  • Openville
  • Vox Technology Park
• Pitești
  • Dacia automotive park

Slovakia

• : Košice

Spain

• 22@: Barcelona
• Andalusia Technology Park: Málaga
• Cartuja 93: Seville

Sweden

• Kista: Stockholm
• Ideon Science Park: Lund

Switzerland

• Crypto Valley: Zug

Turkey

• ITU Arı Technopolis: (Istanbul)
• METU Technopolis: Ankara
• Hacettepe Technopolis: Ankara

United Kingdom

• Oxford Science Park: Oxford
• Silicon Corridor: M4 corridor, Reading, Berkshire
• Silicon Fen: Cambridge
• Silicon Glen: in Central Scotland
• Silicon Gorge: Bristol
• Silicon Roundabout: London
• Silicon Spa: Leamington Spa
• Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor

Ukraine

• UNIT.city: Kyiv

Oceania[]

Australia

• Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney, New South Wales
• Digital Harbour, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria
• Macquarie Park, Sydney, New South Wales (including the Research Park, Macquarie University)
• Technology Park, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia (adjacent to Curtin University)

Places with "Silicon" names[]

The following list contains places with "Silicon" names, that is, places with nicknames inspired by the Silicon Valley nickname given to part of the San Francisco Bay Area:

Africa[]

• Silicon Cape: Cape Town, South Africa
• : Lagos, Nigeria
• Silicon Mountain: Buea, Cameroon
• Silicon Savannah: Nairobi, Kenya

Middle East and North Africa[]

• Dubai Silicon Oasis: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Americas[]

Brazil[]

• Brazilian Silicon Valley: Campinas, Brazil

Canada[]

• Silicon Valley of the North: Ontario Highway 401 between Toronto and Waterloo^[39] A related area was also promoted as Canada's Technology Triangle.
• Silicon Valley North: Ottawa, Ontario, though questionable since the 2009 bankruptcy of Nortel and the 2008 pull-out of Dell's call centre^[40]
• Silicon Vineyard: Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Chile[]

• Chilecon Valley: Santiago, Chile. The name was first coined by The Economist. Santiago is home of Start-Up Chile, the most important government sponsored accelerator worldwide.^[41]

Costa Rica[]

• : , , Montezuma.

Mexico[]

• Mexican Silicon Valley/Silicon Valley South: Jalisco, Mexico
• Silicon Border: Mexicali, Mexico

United States[]

• New Mexico Technology Corridor: The Rio Grande Valley from Santa Fe to Las Cruces that includes multiple small and large high-tech companies, defense contractors, military installations, and national laboratories.
• Philicon Valley (also known as "Silicon Valley Forge"): Area close to Philadelphia, in the suburbs of Valley Forge and Wayne^[42]
• Research Forest: The Woodlands, TX
• Silicon Alley: Originally a portion of Manhattan in New York City, specifically Broadway, the Flatiron District, SoHo, and TriBeCa. Now encompasses the general NYC tech sphere.
• Silicon Anchor: Norfolk, Va–Virginia Beach metropolitan area
• Silicon Basin: Columbus, Ohio
• Silicon Bayou: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Silicon Beach: Santa Monica, California and the Westside area of the Los Angeles metro, more specifically Culver City, Venice Beach, Westwood, Manhattan Beach, Malibu, Playa del Rey, and Marina del Rey; also used to refer to the San Diego area in the name of the 1980s software developer Silicon Beach Software
• Silicon Coast: Orange County, California
• : Chandler, Arizona^[43]
• Silicon Forest: Portland, Oregon
• : Charleston, South Carolina; Stamford, Connecticut^[44]
• : Washington, D.C.
• Silicon Hills: Austin, Texas
• : Boone, North Carolina^[45]
• Silicon Mountain: Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado (Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs)
• Silicon Peach: Atlanta, Georgia home to Georgia Institute of Technology as well as VMware , Google ATL, Kabbage, Pindrop Security, and many venture capital firms
• Silicon Prairie
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Silicon Prairie: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas
  • Illinois Silicon Prairie: Chicago and Urbana-Champaign
  • Midwest Silicon Prairie: Omaha, St. Louis, Des Moines, Kansas City
  • Wyoming Silicon Prairie, also called the "Silicon Range": Jackson Hole
• : Cape Cod, Massachusetts^{[citation needed]}
• : Eugene, Oregon
• Silicon Shore: Santa Barbara, California
• Silicon Slopes: Utah County and southern Salt Lake County, Utah
• Silicon Surf: Santa Cruz, California
• Silicon Valley: San Jose, California (the original "Silicon" namesake)
• Silicon Valley of the Sierras: Nevada County, California
• Silicotton Valley: Huntsville, Alabama
• Silicon Spuds: Idaho Falls, Idaho

Asia[]

• Silicon Island: Kyushu, Japan
• Silicon Peninsula: Dalian, China
• China's Silicon Valley: Shenzhen or Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC).^[46]
• Silicon Valley of India (sometimes referred to as Silicon Plateau): Bangalore
• Silicon Valley of Taiwan: Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Silicon Valley of Hong Kong: Cyberport and Hong Kong Science Park
• Silicon Valley of the East: Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, Penang, Malaysia
• Silicon Wadi: The coastal plain of Israel, stretching from Haifa to Tel Aviv and Rehovot and expanding inland to Jerusalem
• Teheran Valley: Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea

Europe[]

France[]

• Silicon Sentier: Paris, France

Germany[]

• : Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania
• Isar Valley: Munich, Bavaria
• : Erlangen, Bavaria
• Silicon Allee (English: Silicon Avenue): Berlin (incl. WISTA)
• Silicon Saxony: Dresden, Saxony, Elbe river valley around the city
• : Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate

Greece[]

• Silicon Islands: Patras with past and present companies like Atmel, Samsung, Citrix, Dialog Semiconductor, Think Silicon and Intel

Ireland[]

• Silicon Docks: Dublin, Ireland. Contains the European headquarters of companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, and many others.

Norway[]

• SiliconFjord: Oslofjord region^[47]

Russia[]

• Russian Silicon Valley:
  • Innopolis (Иннополис)
  • Skolkovo innovation center
  • Zelenograd, Moscow
• Silicon Sloboda: Moscow, Russia
• Silicon Taiga: Akademgorodok, Russia

Switzerland[]

• Ticino Valley: Technology cluster in the Lugano area

United Kingdom[]

• Cwm Silicon (Newport, Wales)
• Silicon Alley (Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England)
• Silicon Beach (Bournemouth, England)
• Silicon Canal (Birmingham, England): the area along the Digbeth Branch Canal from Aston Science Park, through Millennium Point to Digbeth.
• Silicon Corridor (the M4 corridor)
• Silicon Dock (Belfast)
• Silicon Fen (Cambridge, England^[48])
• Silicon Forest (Newark, Nottinghamshire): Silicon Forest consists of various businesses from in and around the Newark and Sherwood area that specialise in technology and innovation.
• Silicon Glen (Central Belt, Scotland)
• Silicon Gorge (Bristol, England)
• Silicon Mall (London, England): the area between Pall Mall and Victoria in London
• Silicon Pier (Brighton, England)
• Silicon Roundabout: the area around Old Street Roundabout in London (East London Tech City)
• Silicon Shipyard (Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Middlesbrough)
• Silicon Spa (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire):^[49] Notable for a relatively high concentration of video game developers.
• (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Oceania[]

Australia[]

• Silicon Mallee (Adelaide, Australia; Mallee, an Australian aboriginal word for the land area around Adelaide covered by low, scrubby dwarf eucalyptus "mallee" vegetation)
• Silicon St, Sydney" An inner city colloquial district including Ultimo/Pyrmont along Harris St spanning 10 km² from UTS to Google including Fishburners
• Silicon Beach: A term used by those in the Australian startup community to refer to the startup ecosystem within Australian cities, in particular by Meetup groups like and

New Zealand[]

• Silicon Welly (Wellington in New Zealand)

See also[]

• Technopole
• List of research parks
• Research-intensive clusters

Further reading[]

• Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. 2020. "Tech Clusters." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34 (3): 50-76.

References[]

External links[]

• Comprehensive list of "Silicon" names