[12] The £120 million building replaced the BBC Cymru Wales Broadcasting House in Llandaff,[7] when 1,000 production and support staff began moving into the new facility in October 2019.

[13] The building's first live transmission was made on 14 July 2020 by continuity announcer Tim Cooper on BBC Two Wales.

Continuity announcer-director Leanne Thomas introduced the Six O'Clock News on BBC One Wales for the first time on 15 July.

[18] TV news programmes including BBC Wales Today for BBC One Wales and Newyddion for S4C transferred from Llandaff to Central Square in September 2020,[19][20] On 27 January 2021, S4C moved its TV and online operations from Parc Tŷ Glas, in Llanishen, Cardiff to Central Square from where the channel now broadcasts.

[25] The BBC received the keys to the building in April 2018, after which the headquarters was fitted out with new technology[26] before staff moved in, around October 2019.