Irish hub of Amazon sees profits hit €13.6m

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish unit of online retailer Amazon last year almost doubled to €13.6m as revenues climbed 48% to €290.8m.

That is according to accounts filed by Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd (Adsil), which operates seven separate data hubs in the Dublin area supporting Amazon group websites.

Accounts lodged with the companies office by Adsil and a separate Irish amazon unit, Amazon CS Ireland Ltd (Acsil), based in Cork, show the total numbers of employees at the two firms at the end of December 2013 stood at 1,135. Combined staff costs increased from €41.6m to €57.76m.