An explosive collision
of creativity + tech

Join us at Tech Central

Fine-tuned for peak performance

In the heart of Sydney, the brightest minds come together to solve our society’s great challenges and create the technologies that will power the future.

Welcome to Tech Central – where research, ambition and technology collide and collaborate to spark ideas that will change the world.

Join us at Tech Central – Australia’s innovation engine.

Together we're creating the jobs of the future

Location

Tech Central brings together six neighbourhoods in Sydney which are already home to some of Australia's most exciting startups and innovative institutions.

The vision

By 2023, the NSW Government will have catalysed this innovation ecosystem - Tech Central – connecting organisations to create a globally renowned community that pulses with inspiration and draws top tech talent from across the world to do their best work.

A place
for all

Tech Central is already home to free thinkers, creative spirits and problem solvers who challenge convention. It embodies innovation – social, cultural, intellectual and economic. Diverse and inclusive communities are core to Tech Central’s strength, identity and ethos.

With the NSW Government providing affordable spaces to researchers, innovators, startups and entrepreneurs to incubate, test and scale their ideas – and with the sector anchored by Atlassian’s future Australian HQ – Tech Central will become the recognised home of industries breaking new ground.

At the heart of it all

Tech Central unites six vibrant neighbourhoods:

Anchored by the best-connected transport interchange in the country, Tech Central’s unique geographic footprint allows the resources and ingenuity of universities, hospitals, startups, scaleups, research institutes and globally-successful firms to collide.

This confluence of industriousness and imagination, combined with amenity and a vibrant arts and cultural scene, sparks curiosity and fuels innovation.

On the edge of greatness

1 Million

Workers within a 30
Minute travel radius

Minutes from Sydney
international airport

36,000

steam graduates
within 2km

Where industry connects

From deep tech and quantum computing to AI and applied robotics, Tech Central is home to the imaginative, the inventive, and the industrious, bound by a collective mission to push boundaries, challenge the everyday and change tomorrow for the better. Tech Central brings together six key industries that have the highest potential to turbocharge our society and economy.

Medtech

Developing medical techniques, products and services to revolutionise treatment – saving and improving people’s lives.

Digital Creatives

Designing new products, goods and services, fuelled by increased connectivity and technological advancements.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Using data to solve problems, support decision-making and perform tasks autonomously.

Quantum technologies

Devices, algorithms and computers that outperform classical technologies in their capacity to tackle complex challenges and seize emerging opportunities – by harnessing unprecedented speed, accuracy and data bandwidth.

Connected and autonomous vehicles

Using robotics, sensors and advanced software to automate driving. Connecting the transport ecosystem to improve safety and traffic flow.

Applied Robotics

Automating complex and dangerous tasks to overcome longstanding challenges, and unlock bleeding-edge opportunities.

Cyber security

Cyber security is increasingly crucial in a digital economy in both defending and protecting the economy, as well as underpinning its growth. It is critical across almost every industry.

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Tech Central is on Gadigal Country. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

An explosive collision
of creativity + tech

In the heart of Sydney, the brightest minds come together to solve our society’s great challenges and create the technologies that will power the future.

Location

The vision

A place
for all

Tech Central unites six vibrant neighbourhoods:

Surry Hills

Haymarket

camperdown

Ultimo

South Eveleigh