Cidade das TIC · A Coruña
An Arms Factory hall, restored for technology
The yellow overhead crane is still where it was. Beneath it, a technology centre open to any company.
Common areas
Room to work, eat and talk
Upstairs, under the original roof, the long table and the café belong to everyone who works in the building.
Offices and coworking
Base your company at the CSA
Private offices and shared desks around the atrium, next to the labs.
Training and events
The glazed classroom and the event atrium
The laminated-timber volume houses the training room. Below it, the atrium hosts talks and events.
Advanced Services Centre
Test technology before you roll it out.
Artificial intelligence, media, devices and electronics labs, spaces and technical staff for any company, in a restored hall of the former Arms Factory of A Coruña.
What you can do at the CSA
- Test a technology in a labShared professional equipment, by the hour, day or month, by booking.
- Base your company in the buildingOffices and coworking for technology companies aligned with the centre’s mission.
- Host an event or a meetingThe atrium, the training room, the boardroom and the meeting room, with published rates.
- Meet who works hereResident companies, coworking, the university and Clúster TIC Galicia.
Shared labs, open to any sector
You don’t need to be an ICT company or be based at the centre. Book the lab, bring your problem and work on the real equipment.
Artificial intelligence lab
See artificial intelligence systems working before you decide, and train your own models on the building’s GPU servers in the data centre, without buying hardware.
- Rate
- [PENDING: this lab’s rate]
Media lab
Capture, model and simulate with virtual and augmented reality for remote maintenance, digital twins or product prototypes, and test your interfaces on every kind of screen.
- Rate
- [PENDING: this lab’s rate]
Smart devices lab
Build and test IoT prototypes in the electronics workshop and demonstrate smart-grid solutions on real medium-voltage equipment in the electrical DemoLab.
- Rate
- [PENDING: this lab’s rate]
An Arms Factory hall, restored for technology
The CSA atrium was a hall of the former Arms Factory of A Coruña. The restoration kept its yellow overhead crane and added a laminated-timber structure with St Andrew’s crosses. The centre opened on 20 October 2023.
Rooms to work, meet and host events
Official catalogue rates for external organisations. Members and resident companies book on their own terms.
| Space | Capacity | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Atrium | — | €1,000 / dayfull use · + VAT |
| Training room | — | €300 / dayVAT to be confirmed |
| Boardroom | 16 people | €10 / hour |
| Meeting room | 5 people | €5 / hour |
[PENDING: the CSA must confirm the catalogue rates before publication]
Base your company at the CSA
Private offices and coworking desks next to the labs. Offices are allocated according to how well the company fits the project’s goals.
- Offices
- €11.5 per m² per month
- Coworking
- €60 per desk per month
- 1
Application
Tell us what your company does, how many people you are and whether you need an office or coworking desks.
- 2
Assessment
The CSA assesses how well the company fits the project’s goals and what space is available.
- 3
Move-in
If it’s a fit, you agree the terms and a move-in date.
[PENDING: response times, assessment criteria and the documents required]
Who is at the CSA
The centre is run by a company of 13 shareholders led by Clúster TIC Galicia and the Universidade da Coruña. Resident and coworking companies work in the building.