NORTHERN Ireland’s first Enterprise Zone, Atlantic Link Campus, has been officially launched at an event hosted at Ulster University.
The Campus, a core element of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s vision for a digital causeway to international investment, represents an investment of £2.7 million by the Council and presents a significant economic development opportunity for the North Coast.
The initial 20-acre site, part of the overall 40-acre designation, adjacent to the University is now welcoming interest from tenants who will benefit from Enhanced Capital Allowances and the fastest high speed connectivity point between North America and UK via the Project Kelvin, a high speed transatlantic fibre.
Visiting the site was global tech entrepreneur and investor Eileen Burbidge MBE, who has worked in senior positions in Yahoo, Skype and Apple in Silicon Valley before becoming a partner in London based venture capital firm Passion Capital.
Also present at the event was the Enterprise Zone’s first anchor tenant 5NINES, a global data centre company which will be investing an additional £20m in their operations there and creating up to 15 jobs in the process.