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Irish Independent
23-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Sligo software firm celebrating 20 years working with healthcare practices
The anniversary brought together Socrates' Sligo-based team members to reflect on their 20-year history of innovation and pioneering new ways of advancing digital healthcare. Part of healthcare technology group Clanwilliam, Socrates was founded in Sligo in 2004 with the aim of streamlining the daily operations of healthcare practices. Socrates has grown into a trusted name in practice management, with the team providing exceptional customer service and support to healthcare professionals across Ireland. Since its early days, the team behind Socrates has been dedicated to developing intuitive, reliable systems which assist General Practitioners and other healthcare professionals in managing their daily operations. Over the past 20 years, the Socrates team has built lasting relationships with customers, taking the time to listen, understand and provide solutions to customer problems. In 2024, the Socrates team handled over 31,500 calls and over 12,000 emails from customers in Ireland, reflecting a very successful year in meeting the evolving needs of healthcare professionals across the country. Speaking about Socrates and the Sligo team's contribution to practice management over the past 20 years, David Spellman, Socrates Customer Support Manager, said: 'The focus of our team in Sligo continues to be on the delivery of innovative, easy-to-use systems which improve efficiencies in healthcare practices and enhance patient care. "Our support team in Sligo is instrumental in helping practices make the most of our software and the team ensures that every practice is equipped to optimise the Socrates system, boost productivity and increase patient satisfaction.' With all software development experts and customer service agents operating from Sligo, Socrates is committed to and proud of its local roots. Socrates has developed strong links to local educational institutes, including ATU Sligo, and has built a team of over 30 skilled employees, with the team collectively reaching over 100 years of service. Acknowledging Socrates' milestone, Eileen Byrne, Managing Director of Clanwilliam Ireland said: 'From appointments and patient records to billing and regulatory compliance, Socrates has enabled solutions which ultimately lead to improved care of patients. Above all, the Socrates team based in Sligo has provided exceptional service to customers and helped transform how healthcare practitioners handle everyday tasks. Our team in Sligo has laid strong foundations for future innovation in the practice management space.'
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
More Natural Gas-Fired Plants Planned to Support Ohio Data Centers
An Ohio town known as a hub for the burgeoning data center industry may soon have one or more new natural gas-fired power plants to support the area's need for energy. City officials in New Albany said they have been notified about plans for multiple natural gas power projects. The facilities would be located in Licking County, in the New Albany International Business Park. Three of the projects have been publicly identified, including the PowerConneX New Albany Energy Center, along with the Socrates North and South Power Generation Facility Projects. EdgeConneX, based in Herndon, Virginia, said the proposed PowerConneX New Albany Energy Center facility would have as much as 120 MW of generation capacity. EdgeConneX said the facility would serve as the primary source of electricity for a colocated data center. A public information meeting about the project is scheduled for March 26. The company said it expects construction will begin later this year, with commercial operation in 2026. EdgeConneX said the project, which would add to the data center sector's footprint in the Columbus, Ohio, metro area, would mean local utility AEP would not be responsible for infrastructure to serve the complex. Local officials have said they expect other corporate entities could consider supporting similar natural gas-fired power projects in the future. AEP Ohio officials have been working with state officials to determine a rate structure for energy use from the data center industry. EdgeConneX officials have said the company has developed more than 80 data centers in more than 50 markets across more than 20 countries. The proposed New Albany site would be its first in Ohio, though it has developed at least 28 data centers for customers in North America. Want to learn more about how power demand from data centers is impacting the power generation sector? Register to attend event in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 28. The summit is associated with event in Denver scheduled Oct. 28-31. The central Ohio region is home to at least 105 data centers, according to government data. The Socrates' projects are two separate gas-fired power plants, each with 200 MW of generation capacity, being developed by Williams. Alan Armstrong, the company's chief executive, in an interview last year with CNBC noted that construction of more natural gas-fired power plants would be needed to keep up with growing demand for electricity from artificial intelligence and data centers. "A tremendous amount of demand has been building up," Armstrong said. "We're seeing people contacting us directly, wanting to get natural gas off of our big systems to fuel new power generation in what they call behind the meter. So rather than going through the utilities, they're actually wanting to install their own power generation and not have to deal with the long queues that exist in a lot of places right now to get connected to the grid." The Socrates' power stations have a target in-service date in the second half of 2026. —Darrell Proctor is a senior editor for POWER.
