The Ultimate Guide to Data centers
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data centers (DC).
What to know about Data centers
Data centers serve as the backbone of our digital world, housing the critical infrastructure that powers the internet, cloud services, and enterprise IT operations. They are pivotal in managing the ever-expanding volume of data generated across industries and consumers globally.
This collection of stories highlights the dynamic growth and technological innovations shaping data centers today. From expansions into emerging markets like Indonesia and Malaysia to the creation of AI-ready and sustainable campuses, data centers are evolving to meet increasing demands for performance, scalability, and environmental responsibility.
Readers will find insights into advancements in cooling technologies, energy efficiency, and the incorporation of renewable energy sources aimed at reducing carbon footprints. Moreover, the integration of AI and edge computing within data center architectures demonstrates how the industry adapts to modern workloads and latency-sensitive applications.
Security remains a critical theme, as data centers bolster defenses against cyber threats while ensuring compliance with emerging regulations. Partnerships between global tech firms and local providers underscore the importance of connectivity, interconnection, and hybrid cloud strategies in today’s data ecosystem.
Exploring these stories offers a comprehensive view of how data centers underpin digital transformation, drive innovation, and face challenges in sustainability, infrastructure expansion, and operational excellence.
Irish Data centers News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Servecentric hosts Profitsflow cloud ERP in Ireland
Servecentric to host Profitsflow cloud ERP in Ireland as the software firm targets a doubled customer base and savings of EUR €100,000 a year.
Origina opens Dublin headquarters, adding 350 jobs
Origina's new Dublin headquarters will support 350 hires as the Irish tech firm expands its software, security and AI teams worldwide.
Ireland's first Green Energy Park planned for Arklow
Echelon's Arklow data centre campus set to become Ireland's first Green Energy Park, with offshore wind, solar, batteries and grid support.
Equinix starts USD $92m Dublin data centre project
Equinix has begun a USD $92m data centre build in Dublin, expanding colocation capacity while staying within existing grid power limits.
ISIF backs new €340m fund for Irish climate transition
ISIF anchors a new EUR €340m TirNua climate fund with EUR €140m to boost Ireland's energy transition, renewables and storage projects.
ISIF backs new climate fund with EUR €140m cornerstone
ISIF commits EUR €140m as cornerstone to TirNua climate fund targeting Irish energy-transition infrastructure and data centre decarbonisation.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Tessell names McDonough & Carter to executive team
Check Point tops Miercom hybrid mesh security benchmark
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
Tenable launches OT discovery tool for exposure management
Gigamon eyes AI-led surge in network observability
Featured News
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Affirmo's Lip Sing Tay says AI can unlock smarter real-time location tracking, as the Singapore firm targets tougher IoT use cases.
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
AMD shifts its AI pitch from raw silicon to open software and cloud access as it targets developers and a share of looming trillions.
Expert Columns
The Death of the Firewall
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Why fibre connectivity must be a front-end consideration in data centre site selection
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
Agent computers: The PC era, amplified
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Building inclusively at scale: Empowering women in the data center boom
Resilience through diversity: How women are strengthening telecommunications
Ten essential tips for buying reliable server memory
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Data centers News
TechDay expands into Ireland with eight new technology news sites
TechDay launches eight specialist technology news sites in Ireland, targeting sectors from cybersecurity to telecoms as part of its international growth.
Equinix to invest USD $700 million in Dundalk plant
Equinix will invest up to USD $700 million in a new Dundalk plant with Hanley Energy, promising hundreds of skilled jobs and faster kit supply.
Irish firms say AI adoption hit by talent shortages
Irish firms say skills shortages, not tech, are throttling AI rollout, forcing sweeping job redesign and major investment in training.
Vultr, SUSE & Supermicro team up for AI edge cloud
Vultr, SUSE and Supermicro unveil cloud-to-edge AI setup to help enterprises run workloads nearer data sources and cut latency.
Object First launches Fleet Manager for backup estates
Object First launches cloud-based Fleet Manager to help enterprises and service providers oversee distributed backup estates and spot ransomware risks.
Everywhen warns AI use is straining energy & water
Everywhen warns AI's soaring use is driving up energy and water demand, as Neil D'Mello urges businesses to curb wasteful prompts.
AMD launches Instinct MI350P PCIe card for AI inference
AMD unveils Instinct MI350P PCIe card to let enterprises run AI inference in standard air-cooled servers without major data centre upgrades.
IREN signs GBP £3.4 billion AI cloud deal with NVIDIA
IREN signs GBP £3.4 billion AI cloud deal with NVIDIA, as the bitcoin miner expands data centre capacity and secures a wider strategic partnership.
Dell adds AMD Instinct MI350P support for AI servers
Dell expands its Dell AI Platform with AMD, adding Instinct MI350P PCIe GPUs to PowerEdge servers for easier on-premises AI deployment.
Teradata launches autonomous AI and data management platform
Teradata unveils an autonomous knowledge platform that unifies AI, analytics and governed data, aiming to run enterprise agents in cloud or on site.
Dell & AMD expand on-prem AI servers for enterprises
Dell and AMD add MI350P support to PowerEdge servers, giving enterprises a modular way to run generative AI on premises without reworking data centres.
Fortinet launches new firewalls for AI traffic control
Fortinet adds FortiGate 3500G and 400G firewalls to tackle AI traffic, encrypted workloads and shadow AI across data centres and the enterprise edge.
Quali adds NVIDIA Nemotron 3 support to Torque platform
Quali’s Torque platform now supports NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 models, adding governed provisioning for inference, fine-tuning and reinforcement learning.
Apx names three senior hires in European expansion
Apx Data Centre Solutions boosts its European expansion with three senior appointments as it builds a larger team to meet rising demand.
Temenos expands AWS SaaS to digital banking & payments
Temenos broadens AWS SaaS for banks with digital services and payments, as lenders weigh cloud modularity, regulation and data residency.
Veolia keeps 2026 guidance after steady first quarter
Veolia's chief executive says resilient water and energy demand, plus stronger cash flow, underpin the environmental services group's unchanged 2026 outlook.
Broadcom launches VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 for AI
Broadcom unveils VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 to help enterprises run AI workloads in private cloud with lower costs and tighter security.
LogicMonitor adds IBM watsonx & Red Hat to Edwin AI
LogicMonitor links IBM watsonx and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to Edwin AI to speed incident detection, playbook generation and remediation.
SiTime targets AI data centres with Elite 2 timing chip
SiTime launches Elite 2 Super-TCXO to tighten AI cluster synchronisation, as it targets USD $1.5 billion market and better GPU efficiency.
InstaLILY launches Small Data Centre for on-site AI
InstaLILY rolls out Small Data Centre to shift AI processing on site, cutting latency and costs while easing pressure on centralised cloud systems.