Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) investment to expand its Leixlip campus in Ireland, aiming to increase production of advanced processors for AI and high-performance computing. The investme…
Intel announced a five billion-euro investment in its Co Kildare campus, driven by global demand for AI, to expand processor and chip production. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the investment is not an…
Intel invests $5.5 billion in a semiconductor factory in Ireland as part of its foundry strategy to compete with TSMC and regain market share, with the Irish prime minister calling it a strong vote of…
Intel announced a €5 billion investment to expand its Leixlip campus in Ireland, aiming to increase production of advanced silicon for AI and high-performance computing. The investment will upgrade fa…
Intel announced a €5 billion investment to expand manufacturing at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, aiming to increase production of Xeon 6 and next-gen Xeon processors for AI and high-performance compu…
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…