C+W O’Brien Architects Announce Partnership with Host in Ireland

C+W O’Brien Architects are delighted to have been chosen by Host in Ireland as the first Data Centre Architectural Practice to be included in the top table of the Data Centre industry in Ireland.

Established in 2014, Host in Ireland is an award-winning strategic global initiative which was created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland, as well as Irish companies that are designing, building, and operating data centres globally.

With a mission to inform global decision-makers within the technology and data industries about Ireland’s data hosting calibre and capabilities, Host In Ireland is at the forefront of strengthening and developing Ireland’s reputation as a Global Data Hub.

Announcing C+W O’Brien Architect’s membership of Host in Ireland, Managing Director Arthur O Brien said: “C+W O’Brien Architects are delighted to join the strong distinguished team of Data Centre partners in Host in Ireland. We have been following HII’s progress over the years and feel HII’s core objectives align with those of C+W O’Brien Architects.

We have been extremely active in the Data Centre space for several years and look forward to continuing to strengthen our Data Centre expertise in-house to meet the demand of our growing pipeline in the industry.

Our membership of Host in Ireland will allow us to bring our expertise as an award-winning architecture firm to Host in Ireland and to help the further development of the Data Centre industry over the coming years”.

“The new Host in Ireland partners are helping showcase the breadth and diversity of the Irish data ecosystem as we welcome a broad range of new companies as members in 2021,” said Garry Connolly, president and founder of Host in Ireland. “It is exciting to welcome C+W O’Brien Architects to the initiative. They are our first architectural partner and their involvement with Host in Ireland highlights the maturity of Ireland’s data centre cluster.”

C+W O’Brien Architects is an award-winning firm with 80 staff across 3 offices in Ireland, working across mission-critical, Data Centre, pharmaceutical, healthcare, residential, build to rent, commercial and hospitality sectors. C+W O’Brien Architects is part of the larger Corstorphine + Wright Group with 11 offices and 250 staff across the UK & Ireland.