Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Region of Wallonia (Belgium) Mr Ashley LYON ICT Expert March 2015
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INFOPOLE (ICT) ICT Industry: 148 members 130 SMEs & 18 Large companies Turnover: ± Million € TWIST (MEDIA) MEDIA Industry: Over 100 members Turnover: ± Million € Employment : direct jobs Clusters in Wallonia
Cinema / TV / Animations Broadcast Technologies New Media (Internet, Mobile, Social Media, Video Games…) TWIST Topics TWIST is the Cinema & Digital Media Cluster in Wallonia (Belgium) and the main business cluster active in the field of digital technologies for image, sound and text manipulation in Belgium.
80% SMEs (EVS, IRIS, dcinex, etc.) 5 TV Channels (including RTBF, RTL Belgium, Be TV) 5 Universities & Research Centres 2 Investment Funds Members
Digitization & Digital Archiving Motion Capture Digital Games Second Screen / Transmedia Strategic Development
Infopole Topics Serious Games Web Internet of Things (IoT) Transmedia Security Datacenter
Serious Games
Web
Internet of Things (IoT)
Transmedia
Security
Datacenter
DATACENTERS IN WALLONIA
Datacenter Gembloux Datacenter Tier 3+ Built in 2013 Total capacity 5,500 sqm Please ask for more information
Datacenter Bastogne Datacenter Tier 3+ Delivery planned in June 2015 Total capacity 6,300 sqm + extension Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) of 1.3 Strong data & network resilience
Office for Foreign Investors Avenue des Dessus de Lives Loyers (Namur), Belgium Mr Ashley LYON ICT Expert Phone: +32 (0) Cell: +32 (0)