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GeorgeBMac said:

Why would anybody -- especially Apple -- want to build a major, international facility in Ireland?

-- It's status as a tax haven is under attack

-- It's political future uncertain as it's the current pawn in the Brexit battles

-- The possibility that the "The Troubles" will return - enough that the U.S. warned Britain against it.

-- A Russian sub could make that data center worthless with a single snip of a cord.

So, what's the attraction?

All I see are negatives.

1) the tax haven stuff is buttressed by having operations in the ROI.
2 & 3) the political future of the ROI is not 'uncertain' because of Brexit, unless you're referring to the increasing likelihood of a successful pro-reunification vote in the North. The UK is a declining second-rate power, whereas the EU (of which the ROI is and will remain part) is the 800-lb gorilla.
4) to date the big problem with international comms has been the long-term, pervasive UK hoovering up of all ROI telecom data. The EU will surely be getting around to stopping this as a priority.