Hi-tech

South Australia leapt into the future to ensure our companies are building capability and sustainability for the next decade, in preparation for a technological transformation. With the rare ability to rapidly scale a skilled workforce to meet the needs of global technology companies, providing infrastructure, safety and security, South Australia is one of the best places in the world to establish or expand operations.

 

Our partnerships reach around the world and include the Australian Institute for Machine Learning working in collaboration with some of the best and brightest minds from MIT to provide data analytics capabilities.

 

Australia’s first cyber collaboration centre is located at Lot Fourteen, bringing together education, industry and business sectors. The A3C supports the development of a cyber workforce for global businesses that can establish cyber teams in South Australia to take advantage of South Australia’s world-class research, education, market reach and lower cost environment.

Some of the world’s biggest tech companies have expanded into South Australia, including Accenture (NYSE:ACN), which is establishing the Accenture Adelaide Hub, expected to create up to 2,000 new jobs over five years, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure Space, Nokia 5G, Deloitte which is expanding their South Australian presence with the opening of the first Australian Centre for Innovation and Technology, creating 500 jobs and global consultancy firm, Cognizant, which is creating 1,600 jobs in the highly skilled areas of software, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing and data analytics.

South Australia’s reputation as an innovative, collaborative and forward-thinking state and its recognised capabilities in machine learning, artificial intelligence and data analytics continue to go from strength to strength in attracting the attention of global companies wanting to drive innovation.

To learn more about how we can grow South Australia's industry, view the Hi-tech Sector Plan.

Watch the video to see why Cognizant is expanding its operations in South Australia.

With a globally unique collaboration between business, government and MIT, our bigdata Living Lab is using data analytics to shape future planning decisions.

South Australia offers global companies a unique opportunity with first pick of world standard graduates and the opportunity to partner with local universities at the cutting-edge of machine learning.

 

A presence in Adelaide opens access to growing AI opportunities across many sectors, including Creative Industries.

 

Lot Fourteen is a collaborative innovation precinct focused on growing the industries of the future, from machine learning, space and defence to health and medical. 

 

Three of our state’s major universities have dedicated world-class artificial intelligence centres and Internet of Things labs, providing best-practice research and development, as well as the ability to rapidly scale the workforce of the future.

Adelaide has a sophisticated hi-tech ecosystem and is Australia’s centre for cyber security, defence technology research and electronic warfare capabilities.  

 

We have world-class capabilities in data analytics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality, which is powering sophistication in industries such as health and medical industries, renewable energy, defence, space, food and agribusiness. 

 

The National Space Agency is based at innovation precinct, Lot Fourteen, and provides opportunities in software, cyber security and artificial intelligence.

 

One of the largest biomedical precincts in the Southern Hemisphere, Adelaide BioMed City, is providing best-practice international medical technology.