Data Centre Industry Update – 18th August 2021

Globally, we are seeing a huge increase in the level of data centre activity. This surge is largely brought about by remote working as a result of COVID-19. This is a turning point for work-management structures and the industry as a whole.

This seismic growth in online activity has created jobs in tech, engineering, construction, and more as a result. Our previous update discussed Art data centre’s plan in Co. Clare to triple in size to €1.2 billion, the availability of power as a key factor when deciding where to locate a data facility the increasing amounts of pressure on Irish water to take a tougher stance with water-guzzling Irish data facilities.

Here are this edition’s updates:

Apple has been granted an extension in planning permission for the Athenry data plant where plans were envisioned for an €850 million project.
Ireland has been identified as a key growth market for the continuing data centre boom with 6 million square metres of data centre space available across 15 European countries.
Dropbox has outlined its commitment to the fight against global warming by announcing all of its data facilities are working on 100% renewable electricity.
The European data centre market is growing at a rapid pace as more and more companies are becoming reliant on cloud computing.
CyrusOne is set to build a giant 21 MW facility in Madrid expanding on its already established European footprint.

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