Silicon Fen

British  

noun

1. an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated

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Example Sentences

It is yet another example of Silicon Fen’s looking a lot like Silicon Valley.

From New York Times

For years, journalists, city planners and other government officials have called this “Silicon Fen,” envisioning the once sleepy outskirts of Cambridge as Britain’s answer to Silicon Valley.

From New York Times

Amazon's existing center in the city in the east of England, which sits at the heart of a regional technology hub known as "Silicon Fen", will be used to develop Prime Air, its program to use drones to deliver parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less after the new building opens, Amazon said on Thursday.

From Reuters

Still, Cambridge has become the pride of the U.K. tech industry, which dubs the area “Silicon Fen,” a nod to both its budding computer-engineering sector and age-old marshes.

From The Wall Street Journal

After all, ARM Holdings is hardly a typical British company: It may be a core part of the “Silicon Fen” computer-sciences ecosystem that has built up around Cambridge University, but only 30% of its employees work in the U.K. and more than 70% of its shareholders are foreign.

From The Wall Street Journal