It is located in the local government area of Fingal, in the traditional County Dublin, near the M1 motorway.

[13] The area of land on which the building was constructed previously formed part of Newbridge Demesne.

It manages and distributes all ambient grocery (packaged and processed) and some non-food products for Tesco Ireland's network of 149 stores.

[16][17] It is laid out in 87 aisles of 31 bays, each 12.3 metres (40 ft) tall, with a storage capacity of 76,000 pallets.

[17] Staff wear arm-mounted terminals (AMTs) to monitor productivity, which attracted media criticism in 2013.