Eir Evo: Dublin Data Center

The eir evo Dublin Data Centre comprises dual-site colocation facilities located in Citywest and Clonshaugh, Dublin, operated by eir evo (a trading name of eircom Limited).These facilities stand out for offering enterprises in Ireland a resilient, carrier-neutral platform with strong connectivity into both UK and European markets. The sites are designed to support business-critical workloads with high security, modular growth and full support from 24×7 operations teams.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• The dual-site offering (Citywest & Clonshaugh) enables enterprise colocation or managed hosting with high-availability backing
• Redundancy & infrastructure: The facility documentation indicates multiple power feeds, redundant generators and UPS systems to ensure uninterrupted service. 
• Cooling and efficiency: The sites use modern chilled-water/air-conditioning systems, designed to manage heat loads typical of high-density racks; specific PUE numbers are not publicly listed. 
• Scalability & customization: eir evo emphasises a modular design approach, enabling rack, cage or private-suite deployments and growth as business needs evolve. 
• Support services: 24×7 monitoring and operations, remote hands/eyes services, network interconnection, and customised infrastructure support (e.g., colocation plus managed services). 

🔐 Security & Compliance

• 24/7 on-site security with layered controls including access privileges, monitoring and visitor management protocols. 
• Access control systems: Multi-layer access including man-trap/designated secure zones, card/biometric access for sensitive areas (as described in site specs). 
• Compliance: The data centre solutions page lists ISO 27001 certification for information security management for the facilities. 
• Fire detection & suppression: The documentation references standard enterprise fire-suppression and environmental controls (though exact suppression types are not publicly detailed). 

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier-neutral facility: Supports multiple Tier-1 carriers, allowing choice of network provider and interconnection flexibility.
• Strong network infrastructure: The facility is positioned on eir’s IP backbone network, enabling resilient connectivity to UK, US and European destinations. 
• Cloud on-ramps & interconnect: The offering mentions direct connections to major public cloud providers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure. 
• Diverse fibre paths and network resilience: Builds in redundancy in network entry and offers high-availability connectivity for enterprise and service-provider workloads. 

💼 Who It Serves

• Enterprises and organisations requiring secure, compliant colocation with managed infrastructure support in Ireland.
• Cloud, SaaS and managed-service providers looking for reliable colocation plus connectivity and inter-cloud integration.
• Organisations with multi-site or disaster-recovery strategies needing dual-site resilience (Citywest + Clonshaugh).
• Businesses with regulated or mission-critical workloads demanding certified security, strong SLAs and next-generation connectivity.