Data Center Lag Risks Irish Corporate Tax Receipts, Group Warns

Ireland could lose valuable foreign corporate tax receipts if it doesn’t build adequate data center and energy capacity, a tech industry group warned.

The country could also see intellectual property leave its shores, according to a Wednesday report commissioned by Digital Infrastructure Ireland, a lobby group for Irish digital infrastructure.

“The risk is that if data centers are going to be built in other locations, because they cannot be built in Ireland, the IP assets could follow the data centers, with very negative implications for Irish corporation tax revenues,” Maurice Mortell, chairperson of DII, said in a statement. Ireland ...