14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft plans to build a new campus in Ireland that will accommodate all its 1,200 staff in the country and thus bring together local divisions.
The new campus will be built in Dublin, and according to The Independent, it’ll cost no less than $145 million (€134 million) and will measure 34,554 square meters. The building site measures 3 hectares, the source says.
A total of 150 jobs will be created just for building the new campus, Microsoft told local authorities, with additional to be announced once construction comes to an end.
"Dublin is now home to a number of European and global teams and groups as well as to the first Data Centre located outside the United Scales – a facility that has grown rapidly over the past 5 years," Cathriona Hallahan, managing director Ireland, is quoted as saying.
Bringing all employees in Ireland under a single roof could be part of Redmond’s reorganization under a plan called “One Microsoft,” which is supposed to enable all divisions to work closer together and thus build products that can better integrate support for each other.
Ireland is an important technological hub for Microsoft, as the company opened its first office in the country more than 30 years ago, so the new campus is part of its efforts to expand into the area and improve its business not only locally but also in this part of Europe.
