“ All the skills and quality and safety ethos that we developed in pharmaceuticals could be brought into the data centre world. Our clients are similar across the sectors. ”
Dave Phelan Business Development Director Suir Engineering
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has long played a role in Ireland’s economic growth and development. The track record of successful partnerships between Irish companies and multinational organisations spans multiple industries over numerous decades. Many indigenous Irish companies have been able to capitalise on the knowledge, experience and skill sets gained from the technology, life science, and pharmaceutical industries to expand both globally and within Ireland. The data centre industry, in particular, embodies how Irish companies have become influencers in the global market. For construction service companies - builders, contractors, engineering, professional services, infrastructure suppliers - the 2008 economic downturn created a necessity to diversify their business. As they were evaluating how their breadth of knowledge supporting pharmaceutical or semiconductor companies created a unique selling proposition, the burgeoning data industry was seeing the arrival of multinational hyperscale operators in Ireland. Dave Phelan, business development director for Suir Engineering, explains one of the ways his company was able to make that transition: “All the skills and quality and safety ethos that we developed in pharmaceuticals could be brought into the data centre world. It’s the same with work we continue to do in utilities and energy that also feeds back into data centres as well. Our clients are similar across the sectors.”
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