DataCentres Ireland 2026

Daniel Mulhare is an energy engineer specialising in reducing cooling energy consumption. At BMAC Europe, he has led the development of CarbonLite Filtration, a sustainability-focused initiative combining ultra-efficient filtration and predictive maintenance. His work delivers practical, data-backed solutions to optimise free cooling and achieve measurable reductions in energy use, emissions, and cost.

Ian Madgett

Ian has over 22 years of experience in the security and risk management sector, having worked across a diverse range of industries, including the Military, Financial Institutions, and Telecommunications. In his current role, he is responsible for overseeing security, compliance and health & safety across the company’s entire portfolio. With a passion for improving security

Chris Brown

Niamh McGovern

James Thornton

James Thornton is a senior leader at TSL, serving as Director of Sustainability and Compliance and a member of the company’s Group Board of Directors. With over fifteen years of experience across the construction, technology, and hospitality sectors, James brings a strategic, cross-disciplinary perspective weaving sustainability into business growth and operational delivery. He is recognised

Louise Bunting

Louise Bunting is a CIO and Sustainability leader with experience in data centre and financial service industries. Louise has worked for Yondr, KPMG and a broad range of global banks and stock exchanges. Having led IT teams for many years and establishing a Sustainability function in her CIO role at Yondr, she now heads up a

Paul McCormack

CEO, Hydrogen Ireland Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Architect of Ireland’s Hydrogen Ecosystem Pioneer of Socioeconomic Energy Frameworks Paul McCormack is a leading force in Europe’s green hydrogen transition and a strategic voice in shaping energy systems for digital infrastructure. As CEO of Hydrogen Ireland and founder of the €12.36M GenComm project,

Edmond Ayvazian

Prof Jon Summers

Dr Jon Summers is the scientific lead in data centres at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Adjunct Professor in Fluid Mechanics at Lulea Technical University in Sweden, and a Visiting Professor to the Institute of Thermofluids at the University of Leeds in the UK. He has worked on government and industry funded projects using high

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