Shannon Bell

OpenText is making an announcement of 105 million euro investment, which translates into 400 jobs here in Ireland, largely in technology, AI, cybersecurity and Sovereign Cloud.

The jobs are going to be located in our Centre of Excellence in Cork, as well as supporting jobs in Galway and the broader Ireland region.

So we have existing offices in Cork today that do a lot of our technology development.

So we're expanding our presence in Cork more than doubling it.

We similarly have presence in Galway today for some of our supporting roles.

So we're looking to expand our centres that we have today and then grow in Ireland.

OpenText does secure data for AI.

And so our focus has always been on delivering technology solutions to our clients globally.

Half of our clients, half of our revenue comes from EU.

And these jobs specifically are going to be technology focused on AI.

development, operations, and supporting our clients in EU, mainly in the areas of AI, cybersecurity, and sovereign cloud.

We are excited about the opportunity in Ireland.

It's more than doubling our presence here.

And we certainly see a huge talent pool that can support our growth in technology.

And we look at it as a center that will continue to grow in the future.

Ireland's been a great location for us in terms of technology, having access to skills, fantastic universities, and also a great location for us to support our EU business.

It's been a natural partner for OpenText.

We started our location here in 2010.

Not in terms of salaries, but definitely the roles are a mix of roles, but senior development roles, leadership roles in our Cork Centre, and then some roles for new grads as we build at all levels of the talent lifecycle.

I think Ireland has been an attractive location for Canada.