Apple has abandoned plans for an €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, citing delays in the Irish planning process. Apple has abandoned plans for an €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, citing delays in the Irish planning process. “Several years ago we applied to build a data centre at Athenry. The appeal was against a High Court decision which had appeared to give Apple the green light to proceed with the data centre. The Government is set to be disappointed at the news but will point to a €150m data centre investment by Google in Dublin this week, which is set to create 160 temporary construction jobs.

Source: Irish Independent May 10, 2018 08:02 UTC