Businessman Denis O’Brien has funded the new Centre of Cloud Computing which will be based at the National College of Ireland in Dublin. The amount provided by O’Brien hasn’t been disclosed.
The new centre will support the development of the cloud computing industry in Ireland and abroad.
O’Brien owns one of the fastest-growing international telecoms companies, Digicel, and is CEO of Communicorp.
Prof Jeffrey Ullman, professor emeritus at Stanford University, opened the centre on Friday. He will serve as chair of the International Advisory Board of the School of Computing at National College of Ireland, with overall responsibility for the strategy of the new centre.
