Connected to the world

The annual Datacentres Ireland conference, organised by Stepex Ltd, at the RDS in Dublin last month Stephen Wall Morris

The DataCentres Ireland conference hopes to position Ireland as Europe’s leading location for data storage and processing. A new transatlantic cable may just seal the deal.

Ireland was home to the first ever transatlantic cable — reaching from Valentia to Halifax, Nova Scotia — so it is fitting that the country today remains a leader in data connectivity.

Kevin Foley, chief financial officer of Aqua Comms, spoke on both international connectivity and the ...