An opponent of Apple’s stalled plans for a €850m data centre in Co Galway has failed in preventing online giant, Amazon securing planning permission for the first phase of its planned €1bn data centre in north Dublin. An opponent of Apple’s stalled plans for a €850m data centre in Co Galway has failed in preventing online giant, Amazon securing planning permission for the first phase of its planned €1bn data centre in north Dublin. This follows An Bord Pleanala dismissing the appeal lodged by Athenry based engineer, Allan Daly and giving Amazon’s Irish firm, Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited (ADSIL) the green light for the data centre. In support of the plan, the IDA told the appeals board that it views data centre facilities and infrastructure as crucial to Ireland’s ongoing competitiveness as a global location. Mr Spain said that the data centre “will support and create significantly more direct and indirect roles”.

Source: Irish Independent January 22, 2018 18:22 UTC