ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 41 Industry News Suir Engineering appoints Industry Expert Peter Browne as Head of Strategy Suir Engineering, one of Ireland’s leading engineering services providers, has announced the appointment of business development expert Peter Browne as Head of Strategy. A new position within the company, it was created as part of Suir Engineering’s growth strategy, with a particular emphasis on the UK and European markets and is part of the Group’s realignment of the customer facing side of the business. His role will focus on detailed market research and analysis, identifying new business opportunities and positioning the company for international Industry News market expansion and growth. Additionally, Peter will oversee the marketing and business development functions ensuring focus on key clients and effective communication of the business proposition. The move comes following Peter Browne’s threeyear tenure as Head of Strategy at specialist construction management company macgroup and, more recently, as Head of Business Development at Belfast-based construction company Portview. With his diverse experience and skillset gained from working in a number of industries including FMCG, offsite construction and corporate real estate, Peter brings over 20 years of industry experience to this new role. His in-depth understanding of business innovation positions him as a valuable asset to the team as Suir Engineering continues to expand its client reach and revenue. Peter Brown Offaly in the Irish Midlands ready to rival Europe’s key cities as green Data Centre hub The study, commissioned by Offaly County Council, explores how Offaly in the Irish Midlands region could rival Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris in being an anchor for data centres powered by renewable energy. Siemens outlined that data centre operators will consider the region, because of the simple access to reliable, renewable energy, the abundance of land for development, the moderate climate and strong supply of talent. Sites such as Rhode Green Energy Park in Offaly have been identified as potential opportunities for data centres. Offaly has transitioned from peat-fired electricity to green energy production. At present, the County has 650MW of operational or permitted renewables. These include: wind, solar, hydrogen electrolysers, biomass methanisation, and synchronous compensator. The existing, consented and ‘pipeline’ of additional projects may raise the total to over 1.5 GW of renewable energy, storage and grid systems services facilities in Offaly. Joe Walsh, General Manager at Siemens Ireland, said: “The data centre industry is looking for new locations away from its traditional hubs and the Midlands of Ireland has huge potential". "This has the potential to create thousands of jobs, generate millions of Euros of investment to the region, all based on clean, green power, and catalyse Ireland’s transition to net zero.” Offaly is well-placed to become a new hub for data centres with the potential to create thousands of green jobs, according to a new report by technology company Siemens.
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