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The Digital Hub is a cluster of technology, digital media and internet companies in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. The hub consists of almost 75 companies located in eight buildings, collectively employing 700 people. [1] It is the largest enterprise cluster of its kind in Ireland. [2]
The Irish Government founded The Digital Hub in 2003 to cater for companies involved in information technology, with Media Lab Europe—a business venture by MIT, as its anchor. [3] By 2017, more than 200 companies have (or still are) located there, including Amazon, Etsy, Havok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Eventbrite, Slack, and Stripe. [1] [4]
In 2016 Fiach Mac Conghail, former Director of the Abbey Theatre, was appointed CEO of the Digital Hub Development Agency, the state agency which operates and promotes The Digital Hub. [5]
In 2021 the government announced that it would wind down the Digital Hub and transfer land to the Land Development Agency. [6] The LDA announced in 2023 it would turn th e site into a €180 million development called Pear Tree Crossing. [6]
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