Digital Infrastructure Ireland

What Digital Infrastructure Ireland does

Digital Infrastructure Ireland (DII) is an industry association representing the digital infrastructure ecosystem in and from Ireland. Headquartered in Dublin and structured as a Company Limited by Guarantee since June 2025, the organisation was formed through the January 2025 merger of Host in Ireland (founded October 2019) and Digital Infrastructure Ireland under the DII name. It operates a partner-led, 'co-opetition' model in which competing companies across the digital infrastructure lifecycle — hyperscale cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM), colocation operators (Digital Realty, Equinix, Edgeconnex), engineering and construction firms (Exyte, Ethos, Kirby Group, CBRE), power and equipment suppliers (Schneider Electric, Eaton, Riello UPS), and fibre network operators (Exa Infrastructure, euNetworks) — collaborate under one industry banner.

The association does not develop or sell technology products. Its core offerings are advocacy, market intelligence, networking, talent development, and sustainability programming: annual Ecosystem Reports (2022-2025), the Economic Report 2026 'Digital Infrastructure for the Future We Want', the Convergence 2026 conference, the SheConnects women-in-infrastructure initiative, the Talent Month and Emerging Leaders Programme, a partner directory and jobs portal, and the DCs for Bees pollinator programme. Revenue is generated exclusively through membership and partnership fees from its 78+ partner companies, with no public pricing and no disclosed financials.

The ecosystem DII represents is economically significant — contributing approximately €228 billion to the Irish economy and ~60% of Irish service exports, with €18 billion in cumulative industry investment since 2010 — but is also facing acute policy and grid-connection constraints, including €5.8 billion of stranded projects with planning permission but no grid connection and €7.8 billion of projects at risk due to policy uncertainty. DII's strategic relevance sits primarily in its role as the industry's collective voice in shaping the regulatory framework (CRU renewable energy mandates, the Large Energy Action Plan, €3.5 billion grid investment approval) that will determine whether Ireland can sustain its position as a European data centre hub.

Name

Digital Infrastructure Ireland

Legal name

Digital Infrastructure Ireland by Guarantee

Website

https://digitalinfrastructure.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Digital Infrastructure Ireland is a Dublin-based industry association that represents 78+ partner companies across Ireland's digital infrastructure ecosystem, providing advocacy, market intelligence, events, talent programmes, and sustainability initiatives to data centre operators, hyperscalers, and engineering firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Association / Trade Body for Digital Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities (92613)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Policy, Data Governance & Cybersecurity Standards Cooperation (BPADANAH)

Keywords

• Industry association services
• Digital infrastructure advocacy
• Data centre ecosystem
• Industry research reports
• Partner networking events

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership/Partnership Fees: Digital Infrastructure Ireland operates as a partner-driven organization with membership contributions from partner companies across the digital infrastructure ecosystem. Partners pay to be part of the organization which provides industry representation, networking opportunities, events, and market intelligence.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Digital Infrastructure Ireland is an industry association (structured as a Company Limited by Guarantee) that acts as the collective voice for Ireland's digital infrastructure ecosystem. It provides partner companies with industry representation, policy advocacy, market intelligence (Ecosystem and Economic Reports), a partner directory of 78+ companies, a jobs portal for the data centre industry, networking events including the Convergence 2026 conference, and sustainability programs such as DCs for Bees. The organization was formerly Host in Ireland, merged in January 2025 and re-structured as a CLG in June 2025.

Product overview

Digital Infrastructure Ireland is an industry association (Company Limited by Guarantee) that serves as a collective voice for Ireland's digital infrastructure ecosystem. Formerly known as Host in Ireland, it merged with Digital Infrastructure Ireland in January 2025. The organization does not offer a technical product or platform; instead, it provides industry representation, publishes ecosystem and economic reports, maintains a partner directory of over 78 companies, operates a jobs portal for the data centre industry, hosts industry events including Convergence 2026, and runs the DCs for Bees sustainability initiative. Its core offering is advocacy, networking, and industry intelligence rather than a technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DCs for Bees: An environmental initiative launched by the organization to help save Irish bees and promote biodiversity, including pollinator plans, orchards in the community, and bee nurseries.

Products and services

• Digital Infrastructure Ireland Ecosystem & Economic Reports Annual Ecosystem Reports and the Economic Report 2026 providing market analysis, partner listings, and economic impact data for the Irish digital infrastructure sector. Targeted at partner companies, policymakers, and industry stakeholders.
• Partner Directory
• Data Centre Industry Jobs Portal
• Convergence 2026 Conference Industry conference held in Dublin addressing AI ambition and digital infrastructure delivery, bringing together the digital infrastructure ecosystem for networking and thought leadership.
• DCs for Bees Initiative Industry-led environmental initiative focused on pollinator conservation and biodiversity, including pollinator plans, community orchards, bee habitat creation, and Difference Days volunteering events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Irish digital infrastructure ecosystem contributes €228 billion to Irish economy (60% of service exports)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ten New Partners (2026)coreOthers · 10 February 2026DII announced expanded partner community for 2026 with ten new partners across various sectors involved in digital infrastructure lifecycle support.
• Exa InfrastructurecoreTechnology or IntegrationEXA Infrastructure is an award-winning portfolio company of I Squared Capital and the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform throughout Europe. Headquartered in London with 155,000 kms of fibre network across 37 countries, including six transatlantic cables and the lowest latency link between Europe and North America. Services include Dark Fibre, Cable Landing Stations, Managed Fibre Network, Wavelengths, and Ultra Low Latency networks.
• euNetworkscoreTechnology or IntegrationeuNetworks is a critical bandwidth infrastructure company owning and operating 18 fibre based metropolitan networks connected with a high capacity intercity backbone covering 53 cities in 17 countries across Europe. Leads the market in data centre connectivity, directly connecting over 582 data centres. Services include Dark Fibre, Wavelengths, Ethernet, and Cloud Connectivity.
• Exyte Northern EuropecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExyte is a global leader in design, engineering and delivery of facilities for high-tech industries. Has operated in Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2000, applying global expertise to deliver advanced semiconductor, life sciences and data centre projects. Focuses on building energy-efficient computing centres for cloud, high-performance computing, and co-location service providers.
• Ethos EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEthos is Ireland's largest MEP practice and a recognised European design leader. Founded in 2005 with over 240 people across Dublin HQ, Galway, and London offices. Provides mechanical and electrical engineering, sustainability services, digital delivery, ICT, AV and security solutions. Delivers mission-critical data centres and advanced industrial environments.
• Schneider ElectriccoreTechnology or IntegrationSchneider Electric is a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization. Provides integrated end-to-end lifecycle AI enabled Industrial IoT solutions with connected products, automation, software and services for data centres. Over 150,000 colleagues and more than 1 million partners operating in over 100 countries.
• SK tescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSK tes is a global leader in sustainable technology services helping clients manage commissioning, deployment, and retirement of technology devices. Offers comprehensive lifecycle services including ITAD, Secure Data Destruction, Ewaste Recycling, Battery Recycling, and Managed Deployment Services. Has over 40 owned facilities in 22 countries.
• RoviSyscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRoviSys was established in 1989 as an independent system integrator delivering automation and information solutions globally. International team of 1900+ engineers headquartered in the United States with offices in Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, U.K., Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Has delivered over 4000MW of IT load for Hyperscale and CoLocation datacenter clients globally.
• Riello UPS Ireland LtdcoreTechnology or IntegrationRiello UPS Ireland Ltd is a leader in the manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and standby power systems from 400VA to 6.4MVA. Part of the Riello Elettronica group with subsidiaries in 85 countries and is the second-largest UPS manufacturer in Europe. Award-winning range of 23 solutions powering desktop PCs through to data centre supercomputers.
• Digital RealtycoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal data centre provider listed among DII partners, offering colocation and interconnection services.
• EdgeconnexcoreTechnology or IntegrationEdge data centre provider among DII partner ecosystem providing localized computing infrastructure.
• EquinixcoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal colocation and interconnection provider among DII partners.
• CBREcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal commercial real estate and facilities services provider with data centre solutions expertise among DII partners.
• EatoncoreTechnology or IntegrationPower management company with approximately 85,000 employees doing business in more than 175 countries, providing power management solutions for data centres.
• Kirby Group EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLeading mechanical and electrical engineering contractor founded in 1964 in Limerick, operating across Ireland.
• ArdmacminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInternational construction company delivering high value workspaces and technical environments including datacentres with Hot & Cold Aisle Containment solutions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• EuroCloud Europe: Pan-European cloud and digital infrastructure industry association. Comparable as an industry body in the cloud/digital infrastructure space, but operating at a European rather than national level.
• eco - Association of the Internet Industry: German internet industry association with significant data centre and infrastructure focus. Comparable to DII as a national/regional industry body representing digital infrastructure policy and operations, in a neighbouring jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Digital Realty: Global hyperscale data centre operator that is itself a DII partner. Comparable as a data centre industry incumbent shaping policy and ecosystem dynamics in Ireland and globally.
• Equinix: Largest global colocation and interconnection provider and a DII partner. Comparable as a dominant data centre industry player whose Irish footprint and ecosystem participation mirror DII's constituency.
• DigitalEurope: Largest pan-European trade association representing the digital technology industry. Comparable as a policy and advocacy body for digital infrastructure, though operating at EU-wide rather than national level.

Direct peers

• AFCOM: US-based data centre industry association serving facility operators and end users. Directly comparable as a trade body focused exclusively on the data centre community, similar to DII's mission.
• TechUK: UK technology industry trade association representing the tech ecosystem. Directly comparable to DII as a national industry body advocating for digital infrastructure, hosting, and tech policy in an adjacent jurisdiction.
• Cloud Industry Forum: UK-based industry body for cloud and digital infrastructure service providers. Comparable as a national trade association focused on cloud and hosting providers, similar to DII's ecosystem focus.
• Netherlands Data Center Association (DDA): Dutch data centre industry trade association. Closely comparable to DII as a national trade body representing data centre operators, suppliers, and policy advocacy in a neighbouring European country with similar grid/policy dynamics.

Emerging players

• The Green Grid: Global consortium focused on data centre efficiency and sustainability. Comparable to DII's DCs for Bees and sustainability programming, with overlapping membership from hyperscalers and operators.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hostinireland
• Facebookfacebook.com/HostInIreland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digitalinfrastructureireland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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