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I suspect this ruling will work out very well for Ireland. US multinationals already see Ireland as an "Atlantic bridge" for getting a foothold in Europe often
by s_dev 11y ago
I suspect this ruling will work out very well for Ireland. US multinationals already see Ireland as an "Atlantic bridge" for getting a foothold in Europe often by placing their EMEA HQ in Dublin.
Ireland is playing up to this role and this ruling sort of hammers home the status quo that if international tech companies want to deal with the EU they will have to have separate facilities to house European data as they can't ship it all back to California.
Ireland will become the EUs primary data centre -- it has the right combination of climate, tax rates, tech presence, political diplomacy and data protection laws.
In many cases though the ruling will probably just result in an extra line on the EULA.
- matt4077 11y agoIreland's tax deals are under heavy scrutiny right now. They may not survive the year. Without the benefits of 3% tax rates, I don't see why some companies won't prefer southern England or maybe Berlin or Paris – your endorsement of Ireland's climate notwithstanding.
- ajtaylor 11y agoHaving lived in Ireland for 4 years, I can say that the physical environment was a mixed bag. Yes, it's beautifully green everywhere, but at the cost of tons of rain and cold, clammy days. Or maybe you were referring to the political climate?
- s_dev 11y agoThe soft rain and mild climate is good for data centres in a physical sense because of its stability. Irelands temperature range is like 25C degrees from trough to peak in winter and summer and even the daily change in temperature is slow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland#Climate_charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland#Climate_cha... If you lived in Ireland I'm sure you'll agree the weather is "very consistent" in a sense.
- ajtaylor 11y agoThe weather is most definitely consistent - consistently cool and very, very rarely hot.