Clare County Council has granted planning permission for a data centre on the outskirts of Ennis.
Estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of euro, Ennis data centre has been given the green light by Clare County Council, following four years of moving through various stages including strategic site assessment, zoning & planning.
The centre will be located on a campus on the Tulla Road on the eastern outskirts of Ennis at Junction 13 on the M18 motorway
Art Data Centres, the company behind the data centre, will create between 400- 450 permanent jobs when fully operational, while up to 1,200 will be employed in construction and 600 jobs in support services.
Mr Tom McNamara, CEO of Art Data Centres, welcomed the announcement; “This is great news for this data centre campus and for Clare as the project will be a key pillar of the Ennis 2040 Economic Plan for the area which was launched by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Leo Varadkar in 2021.”
“This Ennis Project fulfils the Government’s key requirements immediately while state bodies, regulators and the electricity sector work to upgrade infrastructure, connect more renewable energy and ensure security of supply,” Mr McNamara said.
“The infrastructure that is available in the Ennis site will assist Government in national ambitions to deliver ongoing opportunities for the country in the tech industry.”
