Google has begun the construction phase of their new Data Centre at Profile Park in West Dublin.
During the construction of the centre, 400 jobs will be created. Google are investing €150 million in the Data Centre, which is due to be completed later this year.
The new two-storey building is adjacent to Google's existing Data Centre, which opened in 2012.
Ronan Harris, head of Google in Ireland said; “The data centre that we built in Dublin in 2012 has worked really well for us and created around 30 full-time jobs. We have now started construction on our second data centre and we have been working with the local community as the building gets underway.
“Every day, millions of people around the world search on Google for information, products and services. In addition, millions of people worldwide use other Google services and applications, such as Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube. Google’s data centres around the world help power these services, and ensure that Google searches remain fast and that our services are always secure and available.”
Irish company Pure Telecom are creating 30 new positions over the next two years and investing a further €2 million to expand their business.
Pure Telecom has been providing fixed line, broadband and Cloud Telecoms services since 2002. They have offices located throughout the country, employing over 100 staff.
The Irish firm will be recruiting for the following positions: customer care, sales and technical support. They're also looking for a national sales manager, two regional sales managers and three supervisory roles.
Pure Telecom currently have 30,000 customers and are hoping to increase their customer base by 15,000 over the next year.
“We’ve achieved consistent year-on-year growth and this announcement is a statement of our ambition to grow our business very strongly," said Paul Connell, director, Pure Telecom.
“We’re looking to add people to our team who have the hunger, drive and dynamism to build a successful career in telecoms. We want people who share the same values that have helped Pure Telecom grow to the company it is today. For us it is all about passion for customer service.
“We’re transforming people’s expectations about the level of customer service they should expect from their telecoms services provider.
“We provide a very simple mix of a very responsive service, together with the best possible telecoms solution for each individual customer.
“We have the huge advantage of not physically owning our own network, which means that we can effectively act as a telecoms broker, not constrained by any single network.”