Electric.ie January/February 2018

30 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • T he event which focuses on the data centre industry in Ireland, took place in late November. In its sixth year DataCentres Ireland ͲͰͱͷ ™ƒ• –Š‡ Žƒ”‰‡•– ‡˜‡” ™‹–Š ‘”‡ –Šƒ ͶͰ ‹†—•–”› ‡š’‡”–• •Šƒ”‹‰ –Š‡‹” ‹•‹‰Š–• ƒ† ͷ͵ ‡šŠ‹„‹–‘”• sharing their wares, all drawn from within the country and around the world. The Founder and president of Host in Ireland, Garry Connolly opened the conference side of the event with a discussion providing an overview of future developments that are set to push opportunities in Ireland with global growth in data generation. “Contrary to what some may think, today is not about the speakers - it’s about you. This event is all about meeting people and creating new business, so talk to the people DataCentres Ireland 2017 in Dublin has record attendance Industry News ƒ”‘—† ›‘—ǡdz ‘‘ŽŽ› •ƒ›•Ǥ Connolly says Dublin and Ireland as a whole, is poised to take advantage of the data age, with its main competitors including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and some of the Nordics. The conference delved into a host of issues surrounding the industry both nationally and abroad, it provided opportunities to hear and discuss the latest in new ideas, legislation, technology and best practices that benefited both attendees and their businesses. The first day of DataCentres Ireland had a sophisticated line-up of Rittal, Alan Hanton, Mark O"Neill and Cecelia Gordon