EMC applies for planning to build Cork data centre

US tech giant EMC has submitted a planning application to Cork County Council to build a data centre and accompanying office block adjacent to its existing facility in Ovens.

Ten-year planning permission for a new four-storey office building and data centre is being sought for the expansion of its Cork operations which are based in Mahon Point, Ballincollig and Ovens.

EMC Centre of Excellence managing director, Bob Savage said the move would allow the company to prepare for the future and maintain its Irish base at the centre of its global operations.