ac3 is a private company, founded in 2000 with seed funding from the NSW State Government and 8 local Universities – Sydney, New South Wales, UTS, Macquarie, Wollongong, Newcastle, Charles Sturt, and Western Sydney.
The NSW State Government has 57% equity, with the 8 Universities collectively holding the remainder.
ac3 is located at the heritage listed Australian Technology Park, on the fringe of the Sydney CBD. Our office was built in the19th century for the purpose of constructing and maintaining rolling stock for the NSW colonial railways. The ac3 office is located in the middle of the locomotive workshop. The Australian Technology Park is a living museum with a working blacksmith.
ac3 is accredited to the ISO 27001 global standard for Information Security.