John Whelan: Irish Government not taking advantage of Dell's AI skills

The Trump administration stated that the Doudna project will help ensure America’s scientists have the tools they need to win the global race for AI dominance. And that is also the challenge that both Ireland and the EU face

Dell now employs 5,000 in its facilities in Limerick, Cork and Dublin offering a broad portfolio of AI solutions. Picture: Denis Scannell

Dell has emerged as a leader in the world of supercomputers, the ‘must-have’ computer to fully realise all the benefits of AI.

At the release of its first quarter financial results last Tuesday, the company demonstrated its ability to reinvent itself, pivoting its business from the PC business which employed 3,000 in 1990 at its height in Limerick, before the PC bubble burst, to now employing 5,000 in its facilities in Limerick, Cork and Dublin offering the industry's broadest AI solutions portfolio of desktop, data centre, and cloud innovations, designed to accelerate AI adoption and innovation.