Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan said the Government’s aim was to promote Ireland as a “test bed location where you can deliver the latest green technologies”, adding that its target of 30,000 jobs was “absolutely achievable and credible”.
Mr Ryan outlined six target areas that he said the Government would concentrate on developing in the next decade as part of its bid to rejuvenate the economy.
As well as the Exemplar network, Mr Ryan said the Government would prioritise the development of energy-efficient cloud computing data centres; an International Content Services Centre (ICSC) to act as a broker between content developers and distributors; the “smart” electricity network recently announced by ESB; the WorkFlow project that uses web-enabled traffic sensors to allow commuters to choose optimum travel times; and Smart Bay, a project by IBM Ireland and Intel that will facilitate marine research on a nationwide basis, beginning with its pilot in Galway.
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