New York (state) States, while Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the nation. Silicon Alley, centered in New York City, has evolved into a metonym for the sphere encompassing the New York City metropolitan region's high technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem; in 2015, Silicon Alley generated over US$7.3 billion in venture capital investment. High tech industries including digital media, biotechnology, software development, game design, and other fields in information technology are growing, bolstered by New York City's position at the terminus of several transatlantic fiber optic trunk lines, its intellectual capital, as well as its growing outdoor wireless connectivity. In December
Silicon Docks we're not at Silicon Valley's level yet." The following is a list of just some of the tech companies located in the Silicon Docks area, divided into geographical areas. Grand Canal Dock/Grand Canal Square City centre east/IFSC City centre south/Grand Canal Silicon Docks Silicon Docks is a nickname for the area in Dublin, Ireland around Grand Canal Dock, stretching to the IFSC, city centre east, and city centre south near the Grand Canal. The nickname makes reference to Silicon Valley, and was adopted because of the concentration of European headquarters of high-tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and