Apple plans to create this Denta Center for the cost of US $ 100 million was Apple's The project was awaiting approval for more than three years, the Reuters report said.
In February 2015, the project to create a data center in the western city of Athenia was announced. The plan was to take advantage of renewable energy around the project, the company said. But the approval process is delayed due to the complexity of many plan applications and the permission of the main two persons.
In October last year, the High Court of Ireland issued a rule that the work of the data center could be carried forward. After the withdrawal of appeal, the case was later taken to the country's Supreme Court.
Apple said in a statement on Thursday before going to the Supreme Court, "Despite our best efforts, due to the complexity of the approval process, we are compelled to make another plan and we can not proceed with the data center project."
"While frustrating, this will not affect the future of our project in Ireland, because our business is growing." The company also plans to expand its European head office in County Cork. The European office has six thousand employees.
Based on the size of the economy, one in every 10 people depend on the large foreign companies like Apple for jobs. Ireland And big organizations like the data center, which ensure their own survival in the country, big companies.
The data center is included in the strategic framework, including the revision of the planning law, the Irish government Through this, the companies will be able to complete the planning process more quickly.
At the same time, Apple announced the creation of another data center in Denmark, which was to be launched in the previous year. In July of 2017, Apple announced that they would create the second data center in Europe.
In a statement, Ireland's Minister for Business and Enterprise Heather Hummeriece said, "There is no reason to believe that Apple's decision is disappointing, especially at Athens and for the west of Ireland."
"All of the government's efforts to help this investment were all done. The delay has prompted the state's plan and the legal process to be more effective. "