Looking for the best digital innovation ecosystem?
From Europe’s leading development hub of autonomous systems to advanced research on chips and batteries, in the TopDutch region, you have everything you need to innovate. Sensors, big data and AI, smart grids, robots, and autonomous systems - here you can turn your digital and high-tech ideas into reality. Join us and create the smart green technologies of tomorrow.
Multinationals and unicorns thrive in the TopDutch region
Scaling smart green tech requires the right location
Without open labs and testing facilities, bringing digital and high-tech innovations to market takes longer and costs more. And for data-intensive industries, such as AI and cloud computing, many regions lack reliable green digital infrastructure. So, how do you find the right tech ecosystem that fuels your growth, not limits it?
Digital innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. TopDutch powers your progress.
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Start manufacturing right away
The world's first shared smart factory, Technologies Added, offers ready-to-use production facilities to scale smart products. EDIH Northern Netherlands supports you in creating your smart factory.
European Digital Innovation Hub Northern Netherlands
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Work on next-gen chips
The Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center advances neuromorphic computing for ultra-efficient chips. Their spin-offs make in-memory chips for self-driving and energy systems.
CogniGron Research
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Join Europe’s Leading Autonomous Systems Hub
Develop, test, and launch autonomous systems faster, supported by the European Digital Innovation Hub Northern Netherlands and the Center for Autonomous Systems.
Inside the North’s Digital Innovation Hub
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Create new solutions with big data & AI
Google and Facebook partner with our Center for Information Technology; and AI Hub Noord-Nederland accelerates AI for industry applications.
AI Hub Noord Nederland
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Fast-track your R&D
Collaborate with top research hubs: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, ASTRON Radio Astronomy Institute, and SRON Space Research Institute.
Our data ecosystem
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Solve problems faster
The Innovation Cluster Drachten brings together high-tech companies and knowledge institutes to tackle challenges faster than any company could do alone.
Innovation Cluster Drachten: Uniting Innovators
Google have invested billions in continued green growth in the TopDutch region
The talented workforce, the favorable economics, all of these came into play.
Fuel digital innovation with TopDutch cross-sector expertise
Smarter chemistry
Leverage big data and AI to optimize biotechnical and chemical processes read more
Energy Innovation
Access data labs to create new low-energy products and make our energy systems smarter read more
Health Tech
Develop smarter healthcare and healthy ageing with big data analytics and advanced sensor technologies read more
Water Tech
Create cleaner, greener, and more efficient water management systems with next-gen sensors read more
How do we work? The next steps
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Recieve a personalized roadmap for your business
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