The Digital Hub

St. Patrick's Tower and the Gatelodge building at The Digital Hub.

The Digital Hub is a cluster of technology, digital media and internet companies in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. The hub consists of 97 companies located in eight buildings, collectively employing 725 people.[1] It is the largest enterprise cluster of its kind in Ireland.[2]

History

The Irish Government founded The Digital Hub in 2003 to cater for companies involved in information technology, with Media Lab Europe – a business venture by MIT, as its anchor. By 2017, more than 200 companies have (or still are) located there, including Amazon, Etsy, Havok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Eventbrite, Slack, and Stripe.[1][3]

In 2016 Fiach Mac Conghail, former Director of the Abbey Theatre, was appointed CEO of the Digital Hub Development Agency, the state agency which operates and promotes The Digital Hub.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Charlie Taylor (January 11, 2017). "Digital Hub in Dublin gained 28 firms in 2016". The Irish Times.
  2. ↑ "Digital Hub". Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gordon Hunt (January 12, 2017). "Digital Hub nears 100 companies after year of expansion". Silicon Republic.
  4. ↑ Charlie Taylor (September 29, 2016). "Abbey Theatre director Fiach Mac Conghail to lead Digital Hub". The Irish Times.

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