A new €40m data centre dedicated to the public sector is set for construction in Co Kildare.

A €500m data centre has been given the green light for Arklow, Co Wicklow.

Plans are to be lodged for a €400m one million sq ft data centre on the outskirts of Ennis early next year.

Cork is set become a big data hub following confirmation that a €200m data centre campus will begin operations on the outskirts of the city next year.

The UK data centre market is the largest in Europe, but that that will change, once the EU’s new data-protection regulations become law in May, and Ireland is set to take advantage.

The weather is attracting major investment into Ireland.

“Unfounded” appeals caused delays to the Apple data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, which has thrown the €850m venture into jeopardy, according to Independent Alliance whip Seán Canney.

A judge may be told tomorrow if there will be any application to appeal his decision permitting tech giant Apple to develop the first phase of a planned €850m data centre in Co Galway, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

Apple has reassured the Irish Government that it intends to go ahead with plans for an €850m data centre in Co Galway despite frustration over the country’s planning laws.

Apple has been given the go-ahead to begin work on its planned €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway.

Commercial property group JCD have announced the €200m investment.

A €200m data centre development on the outskirts of Cork City is being hailed as a vital new resource to the city’s infrastructure that will underpin employment growth in the coming years.

Facebook have announced that they’re expanding their data centre in County Meath, before it is even built.

Ireland’s reputation as a favoured location for multinationals’ sprawling data centres will be further cemented by the construction of Google’s new €150m data centre in west Dublin.