HP Ireland today announced the formal commencement of the construction phase of its new 89,000 sq. ft. office building in Ballybrit, Galway, at a ceremony attended by Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Construction of the new office on the existing HP site in Ballybrit was announced last year by HP. The new building will be a modern office building, built with flexibility and environmental sustainability features and fitted out to support the needs of HP employees into the future. The office will be dedicated to software research and development, cloud technology and business services with capacity for up to 700 staff.

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The project is expected to be one of the largest construction projects in Galway in recent times, and is likely to create up to 200 construction jobs.

The existing building on the site dates back to 1973, when Digital established its manufacturing facility in Ireland and the building was opened by Liam Cosgrave, the current Taoiseach. With the transformation and expansion of HP's operations since then — more than 300 jobs have been added in the last three years alone — and with employees now working in areas of software research and development, cloud technology and business services, a new state-of-the-art facility was required.

(CD/JP)