TelecityGroup Ireland, an Irish data centre provider, today
announced results of a survey of senior IT decision makers which found
that Irish-based businesses spent an average of €160,000 on data hosting
solutions in the past 12 months. One in five (19%) said they spent
upwards of half a million euro on data hosting in the past 12 months.
The results were announced at the official opening of TelecityGroup’s
new data centre in Blanchardstown Dublin, in the presence of Leo
Varadkar TD, Minister for Health, representing Dublin West.
The findings show that increasingly, businesses are starting to view
Ireland as a data centre hub. They were revealed at the official launch
of TelecityGroup Ireland’s new data centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Maurice Mortell, vice president of emerging markets and country manager
Ireland, TelecityGroup, said: “Ireland’s growing reputation for data
centres worldwide is one of the reasons we are announcing the investment
of a new state-of-the-art data centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The
new centre is now officially open and it will provide ten new jobs.
“The results of this survey are extremely interesting and reflective of
our experience with customers. Ireland’s physical location and quality
of transatlantic connectivity make it one of the fastest through-points
for connecting to regions including the UK, US, and Europe.”
The top three reasons for choosing Ireland as a data centre location,
according to respondents, were corporation tax (67%); climate, due to
the low number of heating and cooling days required (61%); and Ireland’s
proximity to Europe (52%).
Other motives included ease of doing business in Ireland (29%) and local
workforce talent (28%), while 22% said high speed connectivity to
international markets.
Interestingly, almost half of respondents said it is the movements of
some of the world’s largest internet companies to set up data centre
operations here, that have caused them to think of Ireland as a data
centre hub.
Garry Connolly, President and Founder, Host in Ireland, said: "As
substantiated by TelecityGroup Ireland's research and findings,
Ireland's 5Ps - policies, people, pedigree, pipes and power - have
sustained Ireland's continued growth as a destination of choice for
hosting digital content. With MNCs such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft
hosting in Dublin, it is no surprise that colocation and managed
services continue to expand to facilitate private and hybrid hosting."
Dónal Travers, head of technology group, IDA Ireland, added: “The
availability of state-of-the-art data centres is one of the main reasons
why international technology companies of all sizes choose Ireland for
strategic international activities. Ireland has one of the most
advanced and competitive telecommunications infrastructures in Europe,
providing access to high-speed, low latency networks to the US, UK and
EU. The investment by Telecity will help to further advance Ireland’s
ability to attract the world’s leading digital companies to the
country.”
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