Qumulo establishes European R&D hub in Cork to advance AI-driven data infrastructure operations

By Jed Nykolle Harme

March 29, 2026

Photo Credits: Daragh Mc Sweeney

US data management and cloud platform provider Qumulo is expanding its Irish operations with the launch of a European Software R&D hub in Cork, creating more than 50 jobs across research and development and customer success functions over the next three years.

The Irish Examiner reported that Seattle-headquartered Qumulo, founded in 2012, specialises in data storage, data management, and cloud computing, serving more than 1,000 production customers globally. The Cork expansion was supported by IDA Ireland.

The new hub will develop solutions to enable the secure transfer of exabyte-scale workloads across global infrastructure, as well as deliver data capabilities to power next-generation enterprise applications.

Kiran Bhageshpur, chief technology officer at Qumulo, said: "After actively reviewing a wide variety of options for our second R&D centre, we found that the stellar third-level institutions in the South-West were the basis for a deep talent pool in Cork."

Bhageshpur added that the excellent support infrastructure provided by IDA Ireland made Cork the obvious choice for us to build a team focused on leveraging AI to help businesses manage global-scale data infrastructure.

Diarmaid Hogan, engineering director at Qumulo, said the Cork hub is a statement of the ambition of Qumulo to continue its growth to meet customer demand, and Cork's capacity to deliver on that future with the talent base and ecosystem to drive innovation.

Michael Lohan, chief executive of IDA Ireland, said Ireland's combination of talent, research excellence, and open business environment continued to resonate with global technology companies.

Peter Burke, minister for enterprise, tourism and employment, described the expansion as a strong endorsement of Cork as a location where cutting-edge engineering and global ambition meet.

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