Apple is to spend €1.7 billion opening data centres in Ireland and Denmark in its largest ever investment in Europe.
The centres will support Siri, Apple’s artificially intelligent personal assistant, as well as its App and iTunes stores, its maps and iMessage applications, the company said.
The two centres, in Athenry and Viborg, will be powered by renewable energy and are expected to begin operating in 2017, Apple said. Each will be nearly 1.8 million square feet in size.
Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, said that the project would create hundreds of jobs.
“We’re thrilled to be expanding our operations … and introducing some of our most advanced green building designs yet,” he said. This significant new investment represents Apple’s biggest project in Europe