Digital Realty has opened its second data centre on its Profile Park campus in Dublin, Ireland.  The five-megawatt expansion provides new and existing customers on the Profile Park campus with additional runway for growth in the capacity-constrained Irish market. The new facility is located 30 minutes from Dublin’s city centre, and provides maximum product flexibility with state-of-the-art power, cooling, connectivity, security and system redundancy.
The expansion of the Profile Park campus brings Digital Realty‘s total investment in Ireland to over €200 million, underscoring the company’s commitment to the country and confidence in the long-term local demand. Recent research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Digital Realty found that nearly half (47%) of Irish IT decision-makers are optimistic about the growth of the tech sector in Ireland. The survey of 250 senior Irish IT decision-makers revealed the areas they expect to have the biggest impact over the next five years include Brexit (56%), GDPR (36%), and the rollout of 5G (23%).
IT decision-makers do foresee barriers to market growth, however, including bonus taxation (40%), shortage of affordable housing (36%), and a lack of available funding for tech start-ups (32%). Nearly half (46%) of Irish IT decision-makers surveyed see Ireland as a safe harbour for data, with Ireland quickly becoming a leading digital hub for Europe due to its skilled workforce (38%), competitive corporate tax regime (37%), and GDPR (30%).
“We are pleased to support our customers’ growth with the expansion of our Profile Park campus,” said Valerie Walsh, Digital Realty Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management. Â “Our continued investment in Ireland demonstrates our confidence in the future growth prospects for the technology sector in the region. Our research shows that tech sector decision-makers share this optimism and expect the country will continue to flourish in the years to come.”
