Marc Andreessen recently said the world would be much better off if it had 50 more Silicon Valleys. Silicon Valley, a powerhouse combination of innovation and deep pockets has made its bread and butter with an entrepreneurial culture and business-friendly policies.
The Next Silicon Valley
The next Silicon Valley measuring up to the original is likely to come from the list below. There were many more candidates but we had to stop at fifty. Let us know who you think should be on the list and who they should replace! The top 5 most likely candidates to reach the size of “Silicon Valley” are highlighted.
Cornell University Building New Tech Campus In New York City
Cornell University and Stanford University competed for the contract to build a new $2 billion tech campus. Cornell had already raised $450 million for the project which will be a partnership with Israel’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The contract was awarded in 2011 and the project is scheduled for completion in 2017.
50 Silicon Valleys
- Adelaide, Australia or “Silicon Mallee”
- Akademgorodok, Russia or “Silicon Khal”
- Austin, Texas, USA or “Silicon Hills”
- Bangalore, India or “Silicon Platea
- Bandung, Indonesia or “Silicon Valley of Indonesia”
- Berlin Germany
- Beijing, China or “Silicon Valley of China”
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA, “Cyber District”, Cambridge and others
- Brno Czech Republic
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Campinas, Brazil or Brazilian Silicon Valley
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chile
- Dresden, Germany or Silicon Saxony
- Hyderabad, India or “Cyberabad”
- Dalian, China or “Silicon Penninsula”
- Daejeon & Digital Media City, South Korea
- Davoa, Philippines or “Silicon Gulf”
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Dubai, UAE or “Dubai Silicon Oasis”
- Dublin, Ireland
- Hsinchu, Taiwan or “Silicon Island”
- Hong Kong, China
- Indonesia
- Kista, Sweden or “Silicon Valley of Sweden”
- Lagos, Nigeria or “Silicon Lagoon”
- Lima, Peru or Lima Valley
- London, Britain or “Silicon Roundabout“, “Silicon Fen & Silicon Corridor”
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Nairobi, Kenya or “Silicon Savannah”
- New Songdo City, South Korea or “Silicon Valley of South Korea”
- New York City, New York, USA or “Tin Pan Alley”
- Paris, France
- Perth, Australia
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Seattle-Tacoma, Bellevue, Washington, USA
- Shenzhen, China
- Singapore
- Skolkovo, Russia
- Cape Town, South Africa or “Silicon Cape”
- Sydney, Australia
- Tel Aviv, Israel or “Silicon Wadi”
- The Middle East
- Tokyo, Japan or “Bit Valley”
- Toronto, Canada
- Vancouver, CA
- Waterloo, Canada
- Wellington, New Zealand or “Silicon Welly”
