The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) published an analysis concluding that code generated by large language models (LLMs) may lack copyright protection, which could prevent it from being license…
AI labs are buying thousands of secondhand books from the UK and Ireland to scan and create proprietary datasets of human-authored text, avoiding the synthetic data loop that leads to model collapse. …
OpenAI has designated Dublin as its official European Union headquarters and plans to add 250 jobs, with a target of creating up to 400 jobs over three years and investing roughly 105 million euros in…
The Guardian has called on UK residents living near AI data centres to share their experiences, as the number of large facilities reaches around 450 nationwide. Concerns include land use, pollution, n…
Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland to expand production output for AI and high-performance computing, upgrading existing fabrication facili…
Intel's five billion-euro investment in its Co Kildare campus is not an 'outlier' in the tech industry, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said at the chip maker's Leixlip facility. The investment, driven by gl…
Intel invests $5.5 billion in a semiconductor factory in Ireland, part of its strategy to expand foundry operations and compete with TSMC, according to Intel vice president Naga Chandrasekaran. Irish …
Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland to expand manufacturing capacity for AI and high-performance computing chips, including Intel Xeon 6 and next-ge…
Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland to expand manufacturing capacity for AI and high-performance computing chips, including Intel Xeon 6 and…
In 2015, residents of Athenry, Ireland, protested Apple's plan to build a $1 billion data center, raising environmental and community concerns that foreshadowed today's global conflicts over AI-driven…
A 2015 Apple data center project in Athenry, Ireland, was abandoned in 2018 after years of legal battles with local residents over noise, light pollution, and environmental concerns, foreshadowing a w…
A new analysis of 3,519 AI-related job postings across eight EU countries reveals that for every professional hired to govern AI, nearly seven are hired to build it, with Sweden showing the widest gap…
Dunnhumby research published on July 9, 2026 found AI-assisted grocery shopping adoption varies sharply by market, with Ireland near twice the European average. The report shows 39% of UK respondents …
AI data centers are consuming vast amounts of freshwater, with a single hyperscale facility using up to 5 million gallons daily. Two-thirds of new data centers are in water-stressed regions, creating …
AI researcher Sasha Luccioni argues that data centers, often vilified as environmental villains, can be made sustainable through smarter design, local energy solutions, and regulatory mandates. She hi…
A new subsea cable for Amazon Web Services in County Cork highlights Ireland's AI ambitions but exposes its weak defenses, as the neutral state with minimal military spending struggles to protect crit…
Ireland's upcoming EU presidency is compromised by its deep ties to big tech, with the Irish state and economy captured by companies like Google, Meta, and Apple. The country's data protection commiss…
A developer explains the real-world latency behind LLM API calls, tracing the journey from user prompt through submarine cables to data centers and GPUs. The post highlights how geographic distance, e…
OpenText, a Kitchener-Waterloo company, announced plans to create 400 jobs in Ireland during a state visit by Mark Carney, as Canada and Ireland signed AI agreements.…
A speculative scenario projects that by 2125, AI-generated disinformation will have eroded public trust in democratic processes to the point where voters voluntarily cede governance to algorithms. The…