It’s Cool, It’s Well Wired, and It’s Staying in the EU (FB)
Ireland, already a European data center hub, expects GDPR and Brexit to drive more data center growth. GDPR -- Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation that goes into effect this May -- restricts the movement of data outside Europe and other approved countries. The US, for example, is on the approved list, due to the Privacy Shield agreement. The UK is good for now, because it's still part of the EU; but it’s in the process of leaving union, and there are worries that all the confusion around Brexit may have implications with regard to the GDPR.