Back in March a government-commissioned KMPG report on Irish data centres contained a section called ‘study boundaries’. Sounds boring but tucked inside is a line noting that the analysis “excludes consideration of national security and digital sovereignty risks, including risks arising from foreign ownership or control of data centre assets”. Roll on six months later The post The Dublin Declaration says there’s safety in independence, but we can’t afford to go it alone appeared first on TechCentral.ie.

With Halloween fast approaching, this seems like an opportune time to revisit the issue of European digital sovereignty which is becoming increasingly fraught, especially at this moment in time given the present occupant of the White House. Strangely, nation states are becoming more and more reluctant to place their trust in US technology companies when The post The price of our digital sovereignty will be set in the White House appeared first on TechCentral.ie.

The initiative aims to strengthen research and innovation in disciplines related to digital creative industries. Read more: €10m Shared Island Digital Creative Industries Innovation Programme launched

OpenForum Europe, held at Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre this week, dared to ask a question that has been absent in the face of increasingly desperate pleas to reduce dependency on information and communications technology (ICT) that is based outside the European Union: can small countries do this without getting steamrolled by the bloc’s giants? It’s The post OpenForum creates a space for discussion of who gets to decide Europe’s ICT strategy appeared first on TechCentral.ie.

Fidelity Investments' Richard Murphy discusses the work carried out by FCAT and the importance of considering what can be realised if you are curious and determined enough. Read more: FCAT and looking at what’s possible, not what is already in place

Microsoft Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith, today joined students, teachers and community representatives from Dublin and Kildare at the company’s data centre campus in Grange Castle to officially open its new €1m Dream Space hub. Dream Space @ the Data Centre marks the next step in Microsoft’s mission to create lasting benefits for people The post Microsoft opens €1m Dream Space hub at Grange Castle campus appeared first on TechCentral.ie.