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Tech Central’s Expansion Brings Fresh Energy to Surry Hills

Surry Hills is back in focus as Sydney’s inner-city tech scene continues to expand around Central Station. The renewed activity signals that the wave of redevelopment first seen in lower Surry Hills is set to continue, with more investment, job opportunities, and business growth expected in the area.

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A Growing Hub of Innovation

Once known for its mix of heritage warehouses and creative studios, Surry Hills is now seeing steady interest from tech firms and start-ups looking for space close to the city’s digital core. 

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The surrounding blocks near Central Station and Chippendale have become part of Sydney’s broader push to build a technology and innovation corridor. This shift has drawn new businesses, co-working spaces, and commercial refits into once-quiet streets, reshaping the local economy while keeping its character intact.

The Policy Behind the Push

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey recently confirmed that the NSW Government will continue supporting large-scale private investments that drive jobs and innovation. Through a new Investment Delivery Authority, the state will fast-track approvals for billion-dollar data, energy, and infrastructure projects, with $17.7 million allocated in the 2025–26 Budget. 

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The initiative builds on earlier commitments to transform underused urban sites into productive spaces that attract both local and global investors.

Keeping the Tech Central Momentum

Lower Surry Hills sits within the Tech Central precinct, a six-suburb innovation zone stretching from Central Station to Camperdown. The precinct is home to start-ups, research institutions, and creative industries, many of which rely on strong links between business, education, and digital infrastructure. 

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The new policy ensures these developments continue at pace, encouraging private investment that complements the area’s urban renewal and technological focus.

What It Means for the Community

For locals, the continued growth means more nearby jobs, improved transport connections, and new small businesses opening to serve the growing workforce. Heritage buildings will likely see further adaptive reuse, supporting a mix of traditional and modern architecture that keeps Surry Hills’ identity alive. 

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While fast-tracked approvals promise efficiency, planners are expected to maintain consultation processes to ensure development fits the community’s long-term needs.

Published 6-October-2025

Tech Central in Surry Hills Nabs First 3 Major Tenants for The Quantum Terminal

Tech Central, Sydney’s version of Silicon Valley near Surry Hills, has secured three major tenants for The Quantum Terminal, dubbed as the precinct’s “first centralised collaboration space for researchers, developers, engineers, and entrepreneurs.”

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Q-Ctrl, Quantum Brilliance, and the Sydney Quantum Academy are set to move into the world-class technology precinct, spanning 3,00 square metres of space of the former Central Station, which is expected to put NSW on the map as a global leader in innovation.

Q-Ctrl grabbed the headlines early this year for its development of a new computing process that reduces the errors from environmental “noise.” 

Quantum Brilliance is the leader in diamond quantum science research and one of a handful of companies around the world that can deliver quantum computing systems for clients.

Sydney Quantum Academy is a partnership involving four famous institutions: Macquarie University, UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney, and the University of Technology Sydney.

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“We are proud to be key partners of The Quantum Terminal and Tech Central and look forward to working closely with the NSW Government and key partners to bring this exciting, world-class innovation and technology precinct to life,” said Professor Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney.

“We’ll be sharing the lessons we’ve learnt through our deep experience developing ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research, fostering innovation and supporting the commercialisation of successful start-ups.

“We strongly support the Government’s transport vision for the precinct as an activated, walkable and integrated innovation district where residents, visitors and workers can interact and linger in great places and public spaces.”

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The NSW Government has invested in helping tenants of The Quantum Terminal. Beginning December 2021, startups and businesses may apply for rebates on rents and fit-outs for up to $600,000 a year.

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Divided within six Sydney neighbourhoods, including Surry Hills, Tech Central covers a total of 250,000-square metres of space that has been projected to create up to 25,000 new jobs once it’s completed. Premier Dominic Perrottet said that the hub will place NSW in a “pole position” as a global leader when it comes to technology. 

Apart from The Quantum Terminal, Tech Central will also open the Tech Central Scaleup Hub, which will be Stone & Chalk’s second site in Sydney, as well as the Atlassian headquarters, which will begin construction in the first half of 2022. 

Explore Tech Central on the official site.