OpenText Ireland commits €105M AI investment to create 400 jobs in Cork and Galway

Canada's OpenText to create 400 jobs in Cork and Galway

OpenText's €105m investment marks the single largest backing by a company with a Canadian HQ. Canadian enterprise data management company OpenText is creating 400 highly-skilled jobs in Cork and Galway over the next three years through a planned investment of €105m. The company helps organisations protect, govern and utilise their data for agentic AI, cybersecurity and sovereign cloud. Irish-based developers and researchers will design, deploy, secure and operate these AI and cloud capabilities for the European, Middle East and African (EMEA) markets. This is the single largest investment into Ireland by a technology company headquartered in Canada and is supported by IDA Ireland. The major investment is expected to advance the company's service capabilities across the EMEA industries and public sectors. It is also expected to increase regional capacity for organisations operating in highly regulated and mission-critical environments which require greater control over data governance. "This investment expands our EMEA R&D and operations capacity to deliver the trusted AI, cybersecurity, and cloud capabilities our clients already rely on globally, while giving European organisations greater regional support and flexibility across the cloud environments of their choice," said Shannon Bell, the executive vice-president, chief digital officer and chief information officer of OpenText. Speaking of the announcement, Michael Lohan, the CEO of IDA Ireland said: "This investment will strengthen Ireland's leadership in AI and transformational technology and IDA Ireland looks forward to continuing to work closely in partnership with OpenText as it grows its business in Ireland and deepens its European presence." OpenText said that it intends to explore opportunities for university and research collaboration in Ireland as part of its long-term innovation and talent strategy. This includes partnerships with third-level institutions focused on AI, cybersecurity and secure digital operations. Laying down its R&D plans, OpenText said that its research efforts will advance how AI agents are orchestrated and governed including multi-agent collaboration, system boundary enforcement and knowledge sharing across sovereign zones. In data sovereignty, it is developing continuous compliance mechanisms that give organisations verifiable control over where data lives and how it is governed, while its cybersecurity research will focus on threat detection and response. Don't miss out on the knowledge you need to succeed. Sign up for the Daily Brief, Silicon Republic's digest of need-to-know sci-tech news.

OpenText Announces EUR 105 Million Investment to Expand Operations and Create 400 New Jobs in Ireland

OpenText announced a EUR 105 million investment that will create 400 new jobs across the company's sites in Ireland over the next three years. The commitment, which doubles OpenText's investment in Ireland, will significantly expand the company's agentic AI, cybersecurity, sovereign cloud, and digital operations capabilities in service of European, Middle East & African (EMEA) economies and public sectors. The EUR 105 million investment is directed at operations and R&D across three areas foundational to trusted enterprise AI ? agentic AI, sovereign cloud, and cybersecurity ? that will create high-skilled roles at OpenText in Cork and Galway. Irish-based developers and researchers will design, deploy, secure and operate these AI & cloud capabilities for EMEA markets. OpenText's expanded European operations will increase regional capacity for organisations operating in highly regulated and mission-critical environments, including organisations requiring greater control over data governance, cyber resilience, and cloud deployment models. The investment is part of OpenText's cloud-of-choice strategy to enable clients with the flexibility to operate across hybrid public cloud, private cloud, and sovereign cloud environments based on their operational, regulatory, and security requirements. The Ireland expansion represents a significant step in the company's global strategy to support trusted enterprise AI through secure data management, cybersecurity, sovereign cloud, and operational resilience. OpenText intends to explore opportunities for university and research collaboration in Ireland as part of its long-term innovation and talent strategy, including potential partnerships focused on AI, cybersecurity, and secure digital operations.