Re: No Operational Justification for placing a Data Centre anywhere in Ireland
I am old enough to remember the lengths to which the Irish government went to temps foreign businesses in general and Apple in particular to Ireland, At the time it was a complete package - taxation rates that undercut all the logical alternatives, development and establishment subsidies, funded training schemes, including a soft ride through the regulatory agencies; news of the deal was received with astonishment around the world. There are still Irish politicians around who will do anything not to become implicated in the discussions about the relationship between Eire, government members and Apple. It goes far further than corporation tax.
The EU is the largest trading bloc in the world. Placing a data centre on its periphery in an isolated nation with poor infrastructure and an under-educated workforce only makes sense if the sweetheart deal lasts.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
