With $71 Billion of ICT Services exported in 2016, Ireland’s thriving digital economy boasts the biggest names in the tech industry. Download the 2018 Q1 Update Report to Learn More: There are 46 data centres currently in operation in Ireland with Dublin Southwest having the largest cluster There has been a net increase of 60 megawatts to account for planned and operational centres since the last quarter Just over €1.1 billion will be invested in data centre construction in 2018, bringing the cumulative investment for data centres in Ireland to €4.3 billion, which is expected to reach €9 billion by 2021 Ireland's data centre power usage represents just .34% of the global data industry total Only 42.5% of power allocated to data centres in Ireland will be used as per the assumed annual power utilisation factor