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List of technology centers

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This is a list some 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 nearby

01Globally prominent clusters

Smart Village Egypt
Smart Village Egypt
Zhongguancun in Beijing
Zhongguancun in Beijing
Sri City Business Centre
Sri City Business Centre

02List

Africa

 Cameroon
 Kenya
  • Konza Technology City: launched in 2013, and set to host business process outsourcing (BPO) ventures, a science park, and other facilities
 Mauritius
 Morocco
 Nigeria
 South Africa
  • Cape Town is widely considered to be Africa's tech hub, and is referred to as the "Startup Capital of Africa". Home to hundreds of tech firms, the city is popular among digital nomads, and is the most economically attractive metro in South Africa for local and foreign investors.
  • Silicon Cape, Western Cape
  • Technopark Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
 Zambia

Middle East

 Egypt
 Iran
 Israel
 Palestine
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates

Americas

 Bolivia
 Brazil
 Canada
 Chile
 Guatemala
 Mexico
 United States
 Uruguay

Asia

 China
 India
 Indonesia
 Japan
 Malaysia
 Myanmar
 Pakistan
 Philippines
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Taiwan
 Thailand
 Uzbekistan
 Vietnam

Europe

 Austria
 Belarus
 Belgium
  • BioWin: The Health Cluster of Wallonia
 Bulgaria
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Hungary
 Ireland
  • Dublin (known as "Silicon Docks" or "The European Silicon Valley", due to its high number of technological EMEA centres)
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Russia
 Romania
  • Bucharest
    • Grozăvești 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
    • 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
 Serbia
  • Science Technology Park Belgrade
  • NTP Novi Sad
 Slovakia
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Turkey
 United Kingdom
 Ukraine
 Uzbekistan

Oceania

 Australia
Singapore Science Park
Singapore Science Park
Southern Taiwan Science Park
Southern Taiwan Science Park

03Places 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

Middle East

Israel

United Arab Emirates

Americas

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Costa Rica

Mexico

United States

Asia

Europe

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

  • Silicon Moda: Milan, Italy.

Norway

  • SiliconFjord: Oslofjord region
  • Silicon Harbor: Trondheim, Norway.

Russia

Switzerland

  • Ticino Valley: Technology cluster in the Lugano area

United Kingdom

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 Silicon Beach Sydney and Silicon Beach Adelaide

New Zealand

One of the South Moravian Innovation Centre buildings: biotechnology incubator JIC INBIT in university campus in Brno (Czech Republic)
One of the South Moravian Innovation Centre buildings: biotechnology incubator JIC INBIT in university campus in Brno (Czech Republic)
WISTA in Berlin (Silicon Allee)
WISTA in Berlin (Silicon Allee)
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