Data centres are becoming the backbone of Europe’s AI ambitions, but also a test of their limits. From Ireland to France, the debate is no longer just about digital growth. It is about energy, climate, public acceptance and who pays for the infrastructure powering the AI age.
Europe's first Startup & Scaleup Scoreboard reveals a surprising reality: Ireland and France rank side by side among Europe's top innovators, yet rely on radically different models. What can each ecosystem learn from the other?
France's digital sovereignty strategy is moving from political slogan to operational policy. Thomas Courbe's essay in Réalités Industrielles maps three concrete pillars — and what they mean for Ireland and Franco-Irish digital cooperation.
UCD has just launched its Space Strategy 2030: a blueprint that cements Ireland's place in the global space race and signals compelling new partnership opportunities for France and European actors.
Philippe Tibi was in Dublin last week. France's model for channelling institutional capital into tech funds is going European — and Ireland, with €1–2bn in untapped pension money, has a decision to make.