Davenham Switchgear has been a family-owned business for more than 40 years but that all changed this summer with French multinational Legrand swooping in to acquire the Clondalkin business for its data centre expertise. Davenham makes electrical switchgears for power systems and has more than €100 million in annual revenue. It serves several industries and counts Intel and Boston Scientific among its client base. It is led by managing director John Corcoran. It runs a 90,000 sq ft manufacturing plant in Clondalkin where it builds electrical distribution systems for heavy industry but it is the company’s work with the data…