The Sunday Independent yesterday reported that Amazon is exploring options to take up more space in Dublin. The retail giant is thought to have secured an option over another city centre office block for the next six months.
Amazon employs close to 800 people on three floors at Burlington Plaza in Dublin 4. The company employs about 1,700 people in Ireland, roughly evenly split between its customer support operations in Cork, Dublin and data centre facilities located around Dublin.
Figures within the industry expect the retailer to sign on for 20,000 sq ft to 40,000 sq ft. That would be enough space for between 150 and 300 extra employees. This comes after it emerged that staff at the Irish units of Amazon are set to reap a total of almost €44m worth of share awards this year and in 2017.
The Sunday Independent reports that Amazon plans to build a data centre on the former Jacob's biscuits site in Tallaght to add to the number of data centres in the capital and wants to build two other facilities at locations around the city. Combined, those projects are likely to increase Amazon's infrastructure spending here to beyond €1bn.
Source: www.businessworld.ie
