Galway Bay fm newsroom - Minister of State and Galway East T.D Ciaran Cannon says the future of the site for an Apple data centre in Athenry remains viable.
The Fine Gael Junior Minister has been speaking amid concerns that the multinational company has withdrawn its commitment to the 850 million euro development in Athenry.
The project has experienced 2 years of a delay because of legal challenges.
Last week, the High Court refused to allow an appeal application against the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the data centre.
However, an appeal submission can still be lodged to the higher Supreme Court.
Concern has been mounting about the future of the Athenry data centre following Apple's failure to give a commitment to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that it would continue with its plans, during a meeting in California last week.
Minister Ciaran Cannon says Apple's second most lucrative business is data storage and he has no doubt the company will need to build the Athenry data centre in the future.
