{"id":678104,"date":"2026-09-08T06:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678104\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T06:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:55:27","slug":"exclusive-ai-chip-firms-among-bidders-for-flagship-northern-metropolis-tech-hub-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678104\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | AI, chip firms among bidders for flagship Northern Metropolis tech hub at border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s flagship tech hub at the border with mainland China received bids from firms specialising in cutting-edge fields such as chips, artificial intelligence and quantum technology, the South China Morning Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The government last week said that it received an \u201centhusiastic response\u201d to the tender for four land parcels in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP), with a better-than-expected <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/hong-kong-economy\/article\/3365865\/land-tender-flagship-northern-metropolis-tech-hub-draws-6-bids?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">six bids submitted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The sites are earmarked for laboratories and talent accommodation, with a combined gross floor area exceeding 76,000 square metres.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe Loop Hong Kong Park Company is considering advancing the announcement of the tender results, as it aims to speed up the hardware developments of the park to draw crowds and build up popularity,\u201d a government insider said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the source, five companies submitted six bids. Of these, three specialise in cutting-edge technologies including chips, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The remaining two are conglomerates with AI, data and medical research departments or subsidiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s flagship tech hub at the border with mainland China received bids from firms specialising in cutting-edge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,289,290,1793,277830,277831,277837,277835,18,4202,284836,277833,19,17,26609,44880,5023,277834,19453,82,287029],"class_list":["post-678104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-beijing","tag-china-merchants-land","tag-china-overseas-land-investment","tag-china-resources-land-overseas","tag-ctg-investment","tag-eire","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-shenzhen-innovation-and-technology-park","tag-hung-shui-kiu","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jd-com","tag-northern-metropolis","tag-quantum-technology","tag-sino-land","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-technology","tag-the-loop-hong-kong-park-company"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117234114574964932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}