Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland

Mr. Martin Shanahan:

I am trying to answer the Deputy's question. Data centres are part of an overall technology sector. I cannot speak for what Brad Smith meant by a technology superpower. The Deputy will have to ask him that. The large FDI technology companies that have significant data centres in Ireland employ approximately 20,000 people.