Data centers in Ireland
76 data centers are listed in Ireland. The cities with the most listings are Dublin (30), Clonee (23), Citywest (3), Cork (2) and Drogheda (1); together they hold 78% of them. The operators with the most listings are Microsoft (14), Amazon Web Services (11) and Digital Realty (9), out of 19 named operators.
By type, the listings in Ireland are 39% hyperscaler-owned, 37% colocation and 18% unclassified. Across all listed countries the hyperscaler-owned share is 7%. By published utility power, the largest single buildings are Digital Realty DUB12 (Digital Realty, 10.2 MW) and Digital Realty DUB10 (Digital Realty, 5 MW).
Worldwide, Ireland ranks 21st of 152 countries by number of listings, with under 1% of all listed facilities. In Northern Europe it ranks 2nd of 12; the others with the most listings are the United Kingdom (371), Sweden (51) and Denmark (48).
The three operators with the most listings hold 45% of them; 10 of the 19 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 14 MW of IT load across 1 building and 32 MW of utility power across 7 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 1 facility holds an Uptime Institute Tier certification (1 Tier III). Tier III: Digital Realty DUB13.
About Ireland
The directory lists 76 data centers in Ireland, 21st among the 152 countries it covers, run by 19 operators in 8 towns and cities. Dublin has 30, Clonee 23 and Citywest 3, and 61 records fall within the directory's Dublin market. Cork has 2, and Drogheda, Galway, Ovens and Waterford 1 each.
Hyperscale records outnumber colocation ones, 30 to 28. Microsoft has the most listings, 14, followed by Amazon Web Services with 11, Digital Realty with 9 and Echelon with 7. Equinix and Meta have 6 each.
Capacity is published for only a few buildings, in two measures that should not be added together. 1 building publishes an IT load: CyrusOne DUB1 in Dublin at 14 MW, which is also the largest listed building by floor area at about 246,000 square feet. 7 publish a utility supply, the largest of them Digital Realty buildings in Dublin, led by DUB12 at 10.2 MW.
Only 4 listed facilities are recorded as operational and the other 72 carry no status in the data; none is listed as under construction or planned. 1 facility holds an Uptime Institute certification, at Tier III. 51 records have a building outline mapped in OpenStreetMap.
68 of 76 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Markets
Dublin (61)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | 14 |
| Amazon Web Services | 11 |
| Digital Realty | 9 |
| Echelon | 7 |
| Equinix | 6 |
| Meta | 6 |
| EdgeConneX | 2 |
| Eir | 2 |
| Keppel | 2 |
| BT Ireland | 1 |
| Cork Internet Exchange (CIX) | 1 |
| CyrusOne | 1 |
| Dell Technologies | 1 |
| EXA Infrastructure | 1 |
| 1 | |
| National Space Centre Ltd | 1 |
| Vantage | 1 |
| Verizon | 1 |
| Vodafone | 1 |
Largest data centers in Ireland by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of utility power |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty DUB12 | Digital Realty | 10.2 |
| Digital Realty DUB10 | Digital Realty | 5 |
| Digital Realty DUB14 | Digital Realty | 5 |
| Digital Realty DUB13 | Digital Realty | 4.5 |
| Digital Realty DUB2 | Digital Realty | 3.4 |
| Digital Realty DUB11 | Digital Realty | 2.8 |
| Digital Realty DUB1 | Digital Realty | 1 |
Top 10 of 7 buildings that publish their utility power in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne Dublin, DUB1 | CyrusOne | 245,998 |
| Digital Realty DUB12 | Digital Realty | 126,000 |
| Digital Realty DUB10 | Digital Realty | 120,000 |
| Equinix Dublin DB3 | Equinix | 62,258 |
| Equinix Dublin DB4 | Equinix | 51,322 |
| Digital Realty DUB14 | Digital Realty | 49,000 |
| Digital Realty DUB13 | Digital Realty | 43,500 |
| Digital Realty DUB2 | Digital Realty | 34,000 |
| Digital Realty DUB1 | Digital Realty | 24,500 |
| Equinix Dublin DB2 | Equinix | 21,130 |
| Digital Realty DUB11 | Digital Realty | 20,000 |
| Equinix Dublin DB1 | Equinix | 11,141 |