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Dyson to open £100m technology centre in Bristol
Hundreds of jobs in software and artificial intelligence could be created in a new Dyson research and development hub in Bristol city centre.
The new £100m technology centre is set to be located on part of the site of the former Courage brewery next to Bristol Bridge.
Law firm Clarke Willmott currently occupy the Dyson-owned building – photo: Martin Booth
Planning permission has not yet been granted for the building overlooking the Floating Harbour which Dyson already owns, with several dozen Dyson employees already based in an office on Cathedral Square close to College Green, where they specialise in software and tech.
Dyson said it had chosen Bristol because it was an “international hub for software and digital skills”.
Bristol24/7 understands that the firm founded by Sir James Dyson is struggling to attract specialist tech and AI staff to its current headquarters in Malmesbury in Wiltshire.
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Jake Dyson, son of Sir James and the company’s chief engineer, said: “To us, sensors, apps, and connectivity are about more than simply adding function to the machine.
“They transform how we support our owners and assess autonomously how to improve a product’s performance over its lifetime to ensure they are at peak performance.
“We have significant ambitions and will hire increasing numbers of software, AI and connectivity engineers as part of a growing global team.
“The new Dyson Technology Centre in Bristol will be a vital hub contributing to Dyson’s connected future.”
Bristol’s cross-harbour ferry is a Rotork Seatruck co-designed by Sir James while he was still a student at the Royal College of Art.
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