Georgia’s Ministry of Economy on Wednesday said the Kutaisi Technology Hub, set to open in the former Parliament building in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi, would be an “important project not only for Georgia, but in the wider region”.
Georgia’s Deputy Economy Minister Irakli Nadareishvili highlighted the project’s “scale and unique multifunctionality”, which he said would include an international IT and technology school for at least 1,000 students, a “unique” scientific and technological museum, and Georgia’s National Intellectual Property Centre.
The technology hub will also house Georgia's largest technology park and industrial innovation laboratory, a 3D printer laboratory, electronics, robotics, drones, STEAM, Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality facilities, as well as other experimental spaces for students and startups.
The hub will also operate a creative technologies, AI data and competence centres for the TUMO Centre for Creative Technologies.
Overall, the unique synergy that will be created by operating and technologically developing these different directions in one space will determine the advantage that will present and establish it as a regional centre of attraction in terms of technological development”, Nadareishvili said.
The Deputy Minister also noted the new multifunctional hub would feature a “unique” artificial intelligence computing centre, technology laboratories, training spaces and coworking offices, adding several international technology companies operating in Georgia would also establish their offices in the hub.
The facility is set to open in the fall of this year, with work on external infrastructure and other project requirements currently underway. The building is also undergoing planning for reconstruction and rehabilitation, along with preparations for the rearrangement of its engineering systems.
