There is mounting evidence Facebook is planning to build a €200m data centre at Clonee in Co Meath. The social network is hiring electrical engineers with data centre experience to work at its Irish operations.

Reports at the weekend indicated that Facebook is about to file for planning permission to build a 200,000 sq ft data centre in Clonee in Co Meath.

Once opened, the data centre could employ up to 100 people.

The move follows similar efforts by Google and Microsoft to build data centres west of Dublin that can tap into the region’s electricity grid but which could also take advantage of the prevailing westerly winds to power and cool the data centres.

In recent months, Apple has revealed plans to build an €850m data centre in Athenry in Galway. It has emerged that Apple will also directly fund at least six Irish renewable energy projects, amounting to a potential additional investment of €400m.

(Source: Silicon Republic)

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