INTERNET
We rank among France’s top 5 regions for information and communication technologies. With our dedicated ICT sites and many international businesses specializing in the Internet, Northern France is the ideal location for your project.

A LEADER IN ICT
KEY FIGURES
- 1,500 businesses
- 24,000 jobs
KEY FIELDS
- E-business and Internet-only business
- Information systems and software publishing
- Content industry
- Networks and telecommunications
TOP COMPANIES
- Acean
- Asos
- Cap Gemini
- CGI
- GFI
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Sopra
- Tata Communication
EURATECHNOLOGIES: A DEDICATED ICT SITE
As an ICT center of excellence, EuraTechnologies provides a central location for businesses, start-ups, educational institutions and laboratories and offers them a range of innovative services.
MISSIONS
- Help ICT businesses grow—technologically, commercially and strategically
- Foster the emergence of new ICT projects and new talent
- Offer tools, equipment and services that meet the needs of ICT businesses
THE EURATECHNOLOGIES BUSINESS PARK
EuraTechnologies has a space that’s right for every type of business:
- Incubator
- Business accelerator
- Business center
- 10,500 sq m of modular office space
- Office size can be adjusted in 24 sq m increments
LE POLE UBIQUITAIRE: A SPECIALIZED UBIQUITY CLUSTER
A center of excellence for ubiquitous applications and practices
MISSION
- Help shape a shared ubiquity strategy
- Act as creative mediator for shared design of services and open innovation
- Lead industry-building projects in areas including smart cities, safety/security, robotics, and home automation
- Promote regional initiatives at global level
GOALS
- Anticipate change through medium- and long-term strategic positioning
- Create incentives for businesses in the information and communication science and technology sectors to innovate and adapt to the wave of emerging technologies that will shape the Internet of the future and the Internet of Things.
- Support the growth of businesses with strong innovative potential
- Showcase groundbreaking experimental practices
PRIORITIES
- Mobility infrastructure and applications
- Worldwide deployment of cloud computing
- Open data issues
- New human-machine interfaces, including touch- and gesture-based systems
- Security and new ICT practices
RESEARCH AND TRAINING
- 8 research laboratories
- 7 specialized schools and universities
- 105 IT training programs
- 131 information/communication training programs
Useful Links
EuraTechnologies—A center of excellence specializing in ICT