The Rhineland region is an important location in the field of nanotechnology and the new home of the highly innovative incubation center of the Digital Hardware Hub Aachen (DHHA). This has received the first funding decision for the sub-project "DigiHub-IT" for around 1.8 million euros. Under the leadership of the AMO GmbH, a central nanotechnology infrastructure will be created there to initiate and support high-tech startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Rhineland region.

With the "Digital Hardware Hub Aachen", an important project for the expansion of nanotechnology is starting, funded by structural strengthening funds from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the Rhineland region. With the planned nanotechnology infrastructure, different application fields are to be identified at an early stage and value creation effectively expanded in the field of micro- and nanotechnology, with the transfer of knowledge to companies and the founding of highly innovative startups being of decisive importance. The focus is on the development of innovative hardware. In this context, not a single future-oriented technology is to be further developed alone, but nanotechnology is to be transferred as a key technology into a multitude of innovations.

Background

The project "Digital Hardware Hub Aachen" of the AMO GmbH is divided into three sub-projects: "DigiHub-IT", the adjustment sub-project of the existing IT infrastructure for the creation of a network and exchange platform (Deep-Tech.Knotenpunkt), "DHHA Planning Services Construction", for the preparation of the construction measures for the establishment of the incubation center (office and research area) as well as the third sub-project the construction and commissioning of the office and research new building. Overall, the project is to be funded with around 47 million euros from structural strengthening funds for the Rhineland region.

The project is intended to lay the foundation for the development of new hardware for future applications in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum technology, smart cities, autonomous mobility, decentralized energy supply or personalized healthcare in the Rhineland region and to anchor companies in the region. This is done through knowledge transfer to the companies or through new founding.