Microsoft DUB08 is one of a pair of identical single-storey data centres, with DUB07, on Microsoft's second Grange Castle campus in Clondalkin, west Dublin. It sits south of DUB07.
Microsoft won permission for both buildings in February 2016. Each covers about 16,900 m² (181,900 sq ft). Construction was under way in October 2017, and both buildings were running by 2019.
In late 2017, Microsoft won a three-year permission for a temporary gas generation compound to power DUB08 while the local grid was upgraded. The compound was sited on land that DUB12 now occupies.
Rooftop air handling units cool the data halls with outside air. Evaporative cooling supports them on the hottest days.
ESB Networks serves the campus from the Kilmahud 110 kV customer substation on site. EirGrid operates the transmission system. No behind-the-meter generation serves DUB08 today.
Fifteen standby generators back up the data halls, with a separate admin generator. Microsoft converted the campus generators from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in 2023 and 2024.
Microsoft runs twelve data centres at Grange Castle, from DUB03 (2009) to DUB15, plus the stand-alone DUB11.
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One of a pair of identical single-storey Microsoft data centres, with DUB08, on the second Grange Castle campus in west Dublin, built in 2017 and 2018.
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The first building on Microsoft's second Grange Castle campus in west Dublin, a 229,800 sq ft single-storey data centre completed in 2015.
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One of four identical single-storey Microsoft data centres (DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) at Grange Castle in west Dublin, operating by 2020.
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One of four identical single-storey Microsoft data centres (DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) at Grange Castle in west Dublin, operating by 2020.
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The last of four single-storey Microsoft data centres (DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) at Grange Castle in west Dublin, completed in 2021.
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A stand-alone Microsoft data centre in its own compound on the Grange Castle campus in west Dublin, about 81,900 sq ft, running by 2022.
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Located in Grange Castle business park, DB2 is a former Telecity site that was acquired by Equinix in January 2016.
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Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
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With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
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Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
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