Glasgow bids to become IoT leader with new hub launch

A new partnership between the UK government, Glasgow City Council and the Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) aims to turn Glasgow into Europe's largest Internet of Things (IoT) innovation hub.

The partnership will centre around a £2.5 million investment from both the public and private sectors into a 250-desk facility named ‘thebeyond’ at SkyPark, Finnieston in Glasgow. This includes £257,000 of grant funding through the UK government's Shared Prosperity Fund.

A statement from Glasgow City Council said: “The partnership believes Glasgow can become a frontrunner in the predominant technologies over the next decades spanning drones, robots, AI, IoT, nanotech, medtech and cleantech, r...