Amazon Scraps €300 Million New Irish Plant in Blow to State

Amazon.com Inc. scrapped plans for a new facility in Dublin, which will raise alarm bells in Ireland at a time of intense concern about the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the country.

The investment, estimated to amount to about €300 million ($353 million), was intended for Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing unit. It wanted the new site for making high-tech server racks for data centers, the Irish Times reported.

The cancellation is particularly troubling given Ireland’s huge dependence on foreign direct investment, particularly from the US.

More than 600,000 people are employed in foreign-owned businesses, about ...