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Apple’s Irish operations have hit another little local difficulty this week, as it emerged that national authorities are still reviewing its plans for a mega data centre in the beautiful Galway countryside at the behest of local bats and badgers supporters.
Plans for the $850m, 30,000m2 centre, outside the town of Athenry, were announced last year, and Galway County Council gave them the green light. The plan was to clear forest land currently occupied by non-native tree species, and eventually build up to eight data halls, over a period of 15 years.
However, locals have lodged an appeal to the national government, citing their previous concerns over traffic, noise and light pollution, and flooding. The also cited the impact on local bats and badgers, both of which are protected species.
Apple has sought to sweeten the deal for locals, by providing an outdoor education space for a local school, and replanting native trees in the Derrydonnell forest. It also said it would construct walking trails.
Apple was initially hoping the data centre would begin operations at some point in 2017 but the setbacks suggest a later start date may be on the cards.
Some 5,500 of Apple's 18,300 European staff are based in Ireland, which is also home to its European headquarters. The company plans to hire an additional 1,000 staff in Ireland before 2017.
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have also built data centres in Ireland, and Facebook also has one planned. Many of them have based their European headquarters in the country, which offers a lower corporation tax rate than other European nations.
Elsewhere in Europe, Apple is planning to build a data centre in Denmark on the same scale as the one in Ireland. The company does not reveal where all of its data centres are but reports suggest Apple also has data centre facilities in Newark, Santa Clara, and Cupertino on the west coast of the US, as well one in Maiden on the east coast.
Plans for the $850m, 30,000m2 centre, outside the town of Athenry, were announced last year, and Galway County Council gave them the green light. The plan was to clear forest land currently occupied by non-native tree species, and eventually build up to eight data halls, over a period of 15 years.
However, locals have lodged an appeal to the national government, citing their previous concerns over traffic, noise and light pollution, and flooding. The also cited the impact on local bats and badgers, both of which are protected species.
Apple has sought to sweeten the deal for locals, by providing an outdoor education space for a local school, and replanting native trees in the Derrydonnell forest. It also said it would construct walking trails.
Apple was initially hoping the data centre would begin operations at some point in 2017 but the setbacks suggest a later start date may be on the cards.
Some 5,500 of Apple's 18,300 European staff are based in Ireland, which is also home to its European headquarters. The company plans to hire an additional 1,000 staff in Ireland before 2017.
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have also built data centres in Ireland, and Facebook also has one planned. Many of them have based their European headquarters in the country, which offers a lower corporation tax rate than other European nations.
Elsewhere in Europe, Apple is planning to build a data centre in Denmark on the same scale as the one in Ireland. The company does not reveal where all of its data centres are but reports suggest Apple also has data centre facilities in Newark, Santa Clara, and Cupertino on the west coast of the US, as well one in Maiden on the east coast.
