“ A data centre is so much more than a building on the side of the road. It is the heart of a digital infrastructure ecosystem that touches dozens of different industries. ”
A data centre is so much more than a building on the side of the road. It is the heart of a digital infrastructure ecosystem that touches dozens of different industries. Everything from construction, real estate, engineering, architecture, telecommunications, energy, software, IT hardware, security, legal, marketing, finance and more. It’s not just about what happens within the data centre, but also the critical role data centres play supporting their customers who come from every industry, including medical, research, automotive, manufacturing, financial services, travel and many more. An ecosystem at its most basic biological definition consists of organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. A business ecosystem is typically defined as a network of organisations involved in the creation and delivery of products and services. For an ecosystem to flourish, cooperation and competition - or “co-opetition” - needs to exist. A diverse group of partners all interact and collaborate to bring the most innovative ideas and products to the forefront and raise the playing field for the industry as a whole. This ethos has been at the heart of Host in Ireland since our inception. Although many of our partners are competitors, they have historically come together as a collective to promote the capabilities of Ireland as a centre of data excellence. Today, many of our partners are location agnostic and building robust businesses from Ireland across Europe, the US, the Middle East, and making inroads to Africa and the rest of the world. The focus is now just as heavily focused on promoting Irish companies in the global data centre market. What has made Ireland an intrinsic home to digital infrastructure and Irish companies so successful? Simply put, it’s who we are, I.R.I.S.H. There are common threads that run throughout companies who work from and within Ireland no matter how big or small they are – I ngenuity, R elentlessness, I ntegrity, S trength and H istory. But what exactly does that mean?
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