The National Esports Centre

Ireland's home of esports.
Open for business.

The National Esports Centre, inaugurated by An Taoiseach in March 2025, is WYLDE's Cork headquarters — and Ireland's premier dedicated esports facility. Purpose-built for competition, production, training, and events, the NEC is available to partners, institutions, and organisations seeking a world-class gaming and digital environment.

16+Gaming stations
2,500Sq ft
4Zones
5SIM bays
FibreVirgin Media
LiveBroadcast booth
The National Esports Centre illuminated at night on South Mall, Cork

12 South Mall, Cork City

Four zones. Every use case.

The Virgin Media Academy bootcamp room
Virgin Media Academy

Soundproof bootcamp room where teams lock in and prep.

The breakout and viewing area
Breakout & viewing

Team space to review, watch back, and regroup.

The SIM racing lounge with five full racing bays
SIM racing lounge

Five full racing bays, wheel to wheel.

The reconfigurable open play floor
Open play floor

Reconfigurable stations for events, productions, and programmes.

Host your event, training, or production at the NEC.

The NEC offers flexible space for esports tournaments, corporate activations, broadcast productions, and education programmes.

Explore the NEC

Built to spec

Pro-grade throughout.

Every station runs identical competition-grade hardware — the same environment used by WYLDE's own rosters, international bootcamps, tournaments, and broadcast productions.

Stations16+ configurable pro stations
DisplaysZowie XL2540K 240Hz ×10 · AGON by AOC Q27G3XMN 180Hz ×15
RigsAMD Ryzen 5 5700X · NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti · 32GB DDR4
PeripheralsLogitech Pro X Superlight 2 · G413 SE · Pro X 2 Lightspeed
SIM racing5 full racing bays
ProductionBroadcast booth · 2× MX Brio · 2× MEVO · 2× 65″ displays
ConnectivityVirgin Media enterprise fibre with backup line

Capabilities

  • Dedicated tournament zone
  • Streaming & media space with production booth
  • UX & QA testing environment
  • Soundproof bootcamp room
  • Analyst review & team viewing setup
  • Private exclusive access · short & extended residencies

Facility partners

Logitech G Virgin Media AGON by AOC ESET noblechairs