SINGAPORE – British tech agency Dyson has begun moving into its new headquarters, which will likely be opened formally subsequent yr, on the historic St James Power Station.
The first part of the foremost restoration that the ability in Sentosa Gateway is present process is now full, the corporate mentioned in a launch on Friday (Nov 19).
Dyson chief government Roland Krueger mentioned: “We are honoured to convey this iconic constructing again to life as our international headquarters – Dyson’s scientists and engineers will add to its already vital historical past via the discoveries they make and the applied sciences they develop.
“We want to thank the Singapore Government and everybody who made it attainable for us to maneuver in forward of schedule. We look ahead to formally opening the house subsequent yr.”
The firm introduced plans to show St James Power Station into its new international headquarters in 2019. The constructing, which has a gross ground space of 110,000 sq ft, is anticipated to double the corporate’s analysis and engineering footprint in Singapore.
Dyson employs about 1,400 folks in Singapore, and mentioned in April that it will likely be hiring 250 extra engineers and scientists over the subsequent 5 years because it expands additional into areas reminiscent of robotics, machine studying and synthetic intelligence.
Singapore is a hub for the agency’s engineering groups, in addition to its industrial, superior manufacturing and provide chain operations.
Last yr, the corporate introduced a £2.75 billion (S$5 billion) international funding in future expertise.
As a part of this plan, St James Power Station will home new state-of-the-art analysis laboratories, with a concentrate on energy electronics, power storage, sensors, imaginative and prescient methods, embedded software program, robotics, AI, machine studying and related units.
Other corporations which have moved into new places of work in Singapore this yr embody Swiss financial institution UBS and gaming tech agency Razer.
UBS formally opened its new Penang Road premises – its largest in the Asia-Pacific area – earlier this week.
Last month, Razer unveiled its $100 million South-east Asia headquarters in enterprise hub one-north in Buona Vista and introduced plans to extend its employees energy from 600 to about 1,000 by 2023.
