IT cloud firm set up here to avoid US government snooping on client accounts

A major US cloud software provider chose to locate a crucial data centre in Ireland to protect its customers against US government snooping.

Zoho Corporation, which provides a range of online business applications to 25 million customers worldwide, opened its new Dublin facility two weeks ago to host data for its ManageEngine subsidiary, which provides IT products to larger businesses.

Until now the company only had US-based data centres that stored sensitive information ...