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 launches resilient connectivity for businesses
Businesses facing costly outages can now buy a more resilient internet service from Servecentric, which backs growth to €6 million by 2027.
Vertiv buys King Environmental Services for EMEA
The deal extends Vertiv's fluid management services into Europe, the Middle East and Africa as data centre cooling demands grow.
Echelon trials fault ride through at Dublin data centre
The test could help stabilise Ireland's grid by keeping data centres online during brief faults, reducing sudden demand drops.
ManageEngine expands in Ireland after 25% growth
Ireland is becoming a bigger profit engine for ManageEngine as the software group targets a 25% rise in local customers over two years.
ROCTEL doubles infrastructure footprint with Servecentric
The expanded deal gives the managed services firm more capacity for cybersecurity and AI workloads as customer demand and complexity rise.
Climb named official HPE Networking distributor in Ireland
Ireland's channel partners gain a single route to HPE's broader networking portfolio as Climb takes on the expanded distribution role.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Kingston holds global DRAM module lead with 62% share
Gartner forecasts AI strain on services, costs & jobs
LG's 2.6MW cooling unit wins NVIDIA DSX qualification
AI drives bigger data storage needs, Western Digital study
Nutanix wins Gartner nods across three key reports
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
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DocuWare prepared for launch of new interface, IDP, AI tool
Existing customers will get the redesigned platform free as DocuWare readies AI-driven document search and extraction tools for autumn.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Expert Columns
The Next Evolution of Data Centres Isn't Technology. It's People
Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
Five control rooms, one tuesday afternoon
2026 security trends mid-year check-in: What's accelerating, what's stalling, and what comes next
How data centres make the FIFA World Cup possible
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
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Data centers News
Google Cloud unveils ultra-low latency tools for markets
Exchanges and trading firms can now run latency-sensitive workloads in Google Cloud private regions, as it targets co-location-like timing predictability.
atNorth to discuss biodiversity at data centre COP17
As scrutiny of data centre land use grows, the Nordic operator will set out practical biodiversity measures at a UN conference in Armenia.
CtrlS to invest Rs 10,000 crore in Bihar datacentre push
The Patna opening adds 12 MW of capacity as the company targets Bihar's rising cloud and AI demand with a wider Rs 10,000 crore plan.
Dell expands AI Factory to push agentic AI on-site
Adoption has climbed to more than 6,500 customers as businesses shift from AI pilots to on-premise production and weigh rising costs.
Orange Business wins second SecNumCloud qualification
The award expands Orange Business's qualified cloud options as France tightens rules for hosting sensitive public-sector and regulated data.
Dell expands AI Factory with NVIDIA for enterprise use
More than 6,500 enterprises are now using the platform as Dell adds software, deskside systems and servers to help move AI from pilot to production.
Equinix opens Sydney centre for liquid-cooled AI tests
Enterprises can now test liquid-cooled AI systems in Sydney before committing to costly rollouts, as power and heat demands surge.
Nutanix expands AI ties with NVIDIA, Supermicro & Netris
The tie-ups are aimed at making it easier for enterprises and cloud providers to run agentic AI in production across mixed infrastructure.
Equinix launches global liquid cooling test centres
Enterprises racing to deploy AI systems can now test liquid cooling in live data centres before committing to large-scale infrastructure changes.
PyTorch Foundation adds nine members, including Shopify
The expansion signals deeper industry backing for open source AI as three new platinum members join the foundation's ecosystem.
OVHcloud posts first positive cash flow after record year
Cash generation turned positive for the first time since listing as annual revenue climbed 7.2% to €1,145.1 million, beating targets.
BCS launches power infrastructure unit for data centres
With grid connections stretching into the 2030s, developers are being forced to rethink data centre viability before sites can even be built.
Parker Chomerics launches EMI-shielded vent panels
Data centre operators can now cool power-dense enclosures without sacrificing electromagnetic shielding, thanks to a new vent panel with up to 96% airflow.
Five Nines Global & Nexus Core plan Casablanca AI centre
The initial 20MW site near Casablanca will anchor a much larger 180MW AI campus built around Nvidia's latest server architecture.
OmniOn launches efficient Osprey bus converters for AI
Higher efficiency and the same quarter-brick footprint could ease heat and power constraints for operators packing more AI hardware into dense racks.
Bull opens Angers factory to boost supercomputer output
The upgraded site will double production capacity and cut maintenance costs by 30% as Europe races to secure more sovereign computing power.
NVIDIA deepens Nordic AI bets with startups & partners
Regional AI infrastructure is set to surge, with cloud providers on course to deploy 1 gigawatt of capacity by the end of 2027.
Mitsubishi Heavy & Ingeteam team up on US data centres
Rising AI electricity demand is pushing US data centre operators to seek more reliable power systems as the firms plan broader integration work.
DE-CIX launches AI server for natural-language networking
IT teams spending more than 11 hours a week troubleshooting connectivity could now use plain-language AI commands to manage DE-CIX services.
CERN expands OpenSearch across 139 clusters for data
The platform now underpins observability, security and research services at CERN, handling 1.4 petabytes of data across 139 clusters.
