Why locating your data center in Ireland
is a no-brainerJason Ó Conaill
Data Center Principaleircom
1. Better end-user experience
2. Automatic failover
3. Connections to global fiber
4. Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’
4 key reasons:
Customers expect a seamless online experience.......
............................worldwide!
Enhancements for
European users in: o speed o latency o responsiveness o media downloads o online interactivity
Better experience..................
.........of social media, gaming, e-commerce, cloud services and apps
Automatic failover
• European data center acts as live failover for IT infrastructure elsewhere
• Continuity of experience for end-users in case of outage
• Easy to transfer loads around the world
Connections to global fiber
Ireland is median point
between US & Europe
Well-connected to
global networks, through
providers like eircom:
Connected to US via fiber-optic cables from Hibernia Atlantic, Global Crossing, etc
Peering with EMEA through Tier 1 networks like Verizon and Level 3
Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’
Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter, Zynga,
PopCap Games have
Dublin data centers
Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’
Local skills, native English speakers, entrepreneurial culture,
multinational experience
Frequent flights to the US, low corporation tax, cool climate, the euro zone
Jason Ó Conaill is eircom's data center
principal and an advisor
to multinationals expanding
cloud and server
infrastructure to Europe.
On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/datacenter
For more information visit:http://www.eircomforbusiness.ie