A €105 million investment, directed at operations and R&D across three areas foundational to trusted enterprise AI — agentic AI, sovereign cloud, and cybersecurity — is set to create high-skilled roles at OpenText in both Cork and Galway, over the next 3 years.
OpenText, a global leader in data management for enterprise AI, headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada will create 400 new jobs across the company’s sites in Ireland, doubling OpenText’s investment in Ireland.
The commitment 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 announcement marks a significant milestone in Canada-Ireland technology and economic collaboration and will see Irish-based developers and researchers design, deploy, secure and operate AI and cloud capabilities for EMEA markets.
“Organisations across Europe are looking for trusted partners that can help them deploy AI securely, govern it responsibly, and operate with confidence across increasingly complex digital environments,” said Shannon Bell, EVP, Chief Digital Officer and CIO, OpenText. “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.”
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.
