Revenues soar by €1bn at Amazon's Irish web services arm

Company operates several data hub facilities

New accounts show that pre-tax profits at data centre firm, Amazon Data Ireland Services Ltd (ADSIL) increased by 23% from €15.16m to €22.96m on the back of the soaring revenues in the 12 months to the end of December last.

Revenues at the Irish web services arm of online giant, Amazon soared by €1bn or 16.5pc to €7.09bn last year.

New accounts show that pre-tax profits at data centre firm, Amazon Data Ireland Services Ltd (ADSIL) increased by 23% from €15.16m to €22.96m on the back of the soaring revenues in the 12 months to the end of December last.