The directors state that the company’s increase in administrative expenses was “primarily due to an increase in data centre operational expenses”.
Amazon currently has plans before Fingal Co Council for a further three new data centre buildings for its Amazon Web Services data centre campus on a 65 acre landholding at Cruiserath Road in west Dublin. At the end of December last, the firm had shareholder funds of €5.18 billion mainly made up of ‘Other Reserve’ of €4.73 billion.