MARKET INSIGHTS

The Ireland data center market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.84% from 2022 to 2027 and is expected to reach USD 2.82 billion by 2027 from USD 2.25 billion in 2021. The country's significant data center construction locations include Dublin, Clonee, Belfast, and others. In the coming years, highly populated and urbanized locations such as Dublin expect growth in brownfield data center construction while greenfield investments will be taking place in other cities. The Ireland data center market has the presence of cloud service providers such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, and Tencent. In the IDA Business and Technology Park, AWS is building multiple facilities, of which the first one is expected to be operational by 2023.

The Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS), which will be running till 2025, will enable the country to transition to renewable energy. The RESS will have a total budget of around USD 14 billion. Dublin is expected to innovate on technologies used for harnessing and storing renewable energy, which can be further used inside data centers for years to come. Due to the moratorium placed in Dublin, there will be a slight shift of data center development focusing on other cities within Ireland.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Ireland's data center market is currently one of the major markets in the Western European region, supported by factors such as a rise in cloud-based services, growing digitalization, robust connectivity, and others.
• Cloud demand is significantly increasing in the country, and major cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft, and Google have cloud regions in the country. Dublin has become a hub for colocation providers such as Equinix, Digital Realty, CyrusOne, EdgeConneX, and Echelon Data Centres.
• The de-facto moratorium in Dublin owing to a limited power supply by EirGrid for data center development will limit data center development over the next few years in the region. As a result, development is expected to shift to other areas within Ireland.
• In 2020, the ICT market in Ireland ranked ninth worldwide. The ICT sector creates around 159,00 jobs per year in the country. While the spread of 5G will enable digitization amongst the nation, its economy is projected to cross USD 1 trillion mark.
• The government of Ireland launched the Digital Ireland Framework known as “Harnessing Digital” in February of 2022. The digital framework states that the business and enterprises in Ireland will enjoy the Gigabit network offering high speeds by 2028. 5G will expand in all the populated areas by 2030.
• “The Climate Action Plan” has pledged to use renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions up to 51% by the year 2030 for the country to become carbon neutral by 2030.
• Renewable energy plants harnessing energy from solar and wind sources are continuously operating, and many are also under construction. EirGrid is a prominent operator for energy generation using renewable energy sources.
• Various initiatives are being taken to support renewable energy adoption in Ireland. One in the UK is called Renewable Obligation (RO), which is set and proposed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) other in Northern Ireland is by the Department of Economy (DfE).

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

• Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and the Ireland colocation market revenue.
• An assessment of the investment in Ireland by colocation and enterprise operators.
• Investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across locations in the country.
• A detailed study of the existing market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the Ireland data center market size during the forecast period.
• Commentary on the de facto moratorium in Dublin and its potential impact on future development and change in dynamics on the Ireland data center market.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Ireland
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 46
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 12
  • Coverage: 5+ Locations
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (Area)
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in Ireland
  • Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2027)
  • Retail vs. Wholesale Colocation Revenue & Forecast (2021-2027)
  • Retail Colocation Pricing
  • Wholesale Colocation Pricing
• The Ireland market landscape investments are classified into IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecast.
• A comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, growth rate, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the industry.
• Business overview and product offerings of prominent IT infrastructure providers, construction contractors, support infrastructure providers, and investors operating in the industry.
• A transparent research methodology and the analysis of the demand and supply aspect of the market.

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• Some key investors in the Ireland data center market include AWS, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, EdgeConneX, Echelon Data Centres, K2 Data Centres, Facebook, and T5 Data Centres, among others.
• In 2021, Ireland witnessed investments from major companies such as Echelon Data Centres, K2 Data Centres, and CyrusOne.
• The Ireland data center market includes several local and regional construction contractors catering to the country's operators. For instance, Callaghan Engineering has worked as the MEP designer for Digital Realty’s DUB13 data center’s second data hall.
• There is a significant increase in cloud services in the region, leading to higher activity from hybrid cloud solutions providers such as Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and others. For instance, AIB and IBM agreed to carry out digital transformation by hybrid cloud adoption in Ireland.
• AWS has planned a new facility in Dublin, Ireland, for which it will commence construction in 2023 and be operational by 2026. The company has also invested in wind farms, two of which will be operational in 2022 and the other in 2024.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

• Existing Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)
  • Dublin
  • Other Cities
• List of Upcoming Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyses the Ireland data center market share. It elaboratively analyses the existing and upcoming facilities and investments in IT, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, general construction, and tier standards. It discusses market sizing and investment estimation for different segments. The segmentation includes:

• IT Infrastructure
  • Servers
  • Storage Systems
  • Network Infrastructure
• Electrical Infrastructure
  • UPS Systems
  • Generators
  • Transfer Switches & Switchgears
  • PDUs
  • Other Electrical Infrastructure
• Mechanical Infrastructure
  • Cooling Systems
  • Rack Cabinets
  • Other Mechanical Infrastructure
• Cooling Systems
  • CRAC & CRAH Units
  • Chiller Units
  • Cooling Towers, Condensers & Dry Coolers
  • Economizers & Evaporative Coolers
  • Other Cooling Units
• General Construction
  • Core & Shell Development
  • Installation & commissioning Services
  • Engineering & Building Design
  • Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
  • Physical Security
  • Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
• Tier Standard
  • Tier I & Tier II
  • Tier III
  • Tier IV
• Geography
  • Dublin
  • Other Cities

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• IT Infrastructure Providers: Arista Networks, Atos, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, IBM, Lenovo, and NetApp.
• Data Center Construction Contractors & Sub-Contractors: Arup, Bouygues Construction, Callaghan Engineering, Designer Group, Future-tech, ISG, Kirby Group, Mercury, Mace Group, M+W Group, PM Group, and Winthrop Engineering & Contracting.
• Support Infrastructure Providers: ABB, Caterpillar, Cummins, EATON, HITEC Power Protection, KOHLER-SDMO, Legrand, Rolls-Royce Power Systems, Schneider Electric, Rittal, Socomec, STULZ, Trane Technologies, and Vertiv.
• Data Center Investors: AWS, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, EdgeConneX, Echelon Data Centres, K2 Data Centres, Facebook, and T5 Data Centres.