After half a decade of court cases , marches protesting the project , marches in support of the project , and finally abandoning the project for more than two years , Apple has announced that it still intends to build a $ 1bn data centre campus in Galway , Ireland , with the potential for another five year wait before construction even begins .

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Planning Application Filed

Following an announcement in February of 2015 that it would invest € 1.7bn into two hyperscale data centre campuses in Europe , Apple ’ s planning application for its data centre in Galway is filed .

Planning Approved

Plans for the 20 MW ( still considered a sizable facility back in 2015 ), 24,000 sqm data centre on a forested site in Derrydonnell , Athenry , are approved . Apple hints at plans to build more data centres on the site in future .

16 August 2021