Silicon Docks

<p>Silicon Docks is a nickname for the area in <a href="/facts/Dublin/Fv8ezm8a">Dublin</a>, <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Ireland</a> around <a href="/facts/Grand_Canal_Dock/3eQV88zr">Grand Canal Dock</a>, stretching to the <a href="/facts/International_Financial_Services_Centre,_Dublin/V14MaKbX">IFSC</a>, city centre east, and city centre south near the <a href="/facts/Grand_Canal_(Ireland)/B90PvBEe">Grand Canal</a>. The nickname makes reference to <a href="/facts/Silicon_Valley/gdot9J7e">Silicon Valley</a>, and was adopted because of the concentration of European headquarters of <a href="/facts/High-tech/td2FYKeX">high-tech</a> companies such as <a href="/facts/Facebook/0IhXFR6u">Facebook</a>, <a href="/facts/LinkedIn/Iq2IcNMt">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="/facts/Indeed/FtRG4uKJ">Indeed</a>, <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>, <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a>, and <a href="/facts/Startup_company/9lsjFELt">startups</a> in the area. Technology firms employ about 7,000 people in the area.
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Silicon Docks