Echelon Data Centres, a recently-launched Irish company based in Dublin, has been granted planning permission for its planned 45,000m² (484,000 sqft) facility in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The new data centre represents an investment of €500 million, will have a capacity of up to 100MW and will create 540 jobs – 450 in construction and 90 operational positions.
Read MoreInternational data centre developer, Atlantic Hub, is to develop a flagship IT services and data centre with two mega-hub campus sites in Ireland at Foyle Port Innovation Park (Derry/Londonderry), and Letterkenny (Co. Donegal).
Read MoreCritical environment specialist Keysource has won a new contract with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to provide on-site engineering consultancy as the organisation migrates its data centre.
Read MoreCBRE Group has acquired the assets of Romonet Limited, a leading advanced analytics software company which provides technology and consulting services for large global data center operators. Romonet’s team of professionals will join CBRE as part of the acquisition.
Read MoreSatellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station says that data centre industry veteran Chris Roberts has joined its executive team as Head of Data Centre and Cloud. Chris’s appointment comes as Goonhilly prepares to open a tier 3/4 data centre in Spring 2019, offering exceptional connectivity by linking global subsea cables with satellite communications and fibre.
Read MoreEchelon Data Centres Limited, a new Irish company based in Dublin, is to create 1,100 jobs through the €1bn development of 89,000m² of data centres with a total capacity of more than 180MW. Echelon is to construct data centres of 44,000m² (477,000 sqft) in Clondalkin, Dublin, and 45,000m² (484,000 sqft) in Arklow, Co Wicklow, with respective capacities of up to 84MW and 100MW. The capacity available across the two wholly-owned facilities is the equivalent of approximately 34% of all...
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