Since Apple announced two years ago the construction of the data center in Ireland, many keys have been pressed to inform about the different problems that Apple have faced to build it. A few months ago, after various battles with Atherny County, where Apple plans to build this data center, it finally got the go-ahead it needed, so it could start construction whenever it wanted.
But it seems that once it has managed to get the go-ahead, now it is Apple itself who is not clear if it will finally build this data center in Ireland, to take advantage of the country's climatic conditions, as it will be supplied with renewable energy, or its project is transferred to another country, such as Denmark, where the company has a data center in operation and where it has already obtained the go-ahead to start building another.
In an interview that Tim Cook has given to the RTE medium, Cook states that at the moment they do not know when the construction works of the data center in Ireland will begin, further affirming that the country's government would do anything in its power to restart the project, which as I mentioned above, is currently completely paralyzed.
Ireland has built its economy on attracting foreign multinationalsIn fact, one in ten jobs are from foreign companies and data centers are one of the most important investments that any multinational can make in the country, since it provides work not only during its construction but also during the time it is in operation.
We do not know if the fine that the European Union has imposed on Ireland of 13.000 million euros, for not collecting taxes corresponding to Apple in recent years, may was one of the reasons for which Apple is increasingly reluctant with the Irish government, despite the fact that it has shown its full support for the Cupertino-based company.
