Data Centres

Thinking in a Climate Emergency: Artificial Intelligence provides immense opportunity for Ireland, if we can address its voracious requirement for power

Former Irish chief returns in new EMEA role, welcoming regulation on new tech but warning of need for data centres

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Ireland does have an abundance of alternative energy sources, particularly wind, but tapping them requires planning and investment

Microsoft, Google and Amazon are all eyeing nuclear power to supply their data centres with low-carbon energy

Data centres will be a cornerstone of advanced economies, but they can also be a catalyst for reducing carbon emissions

More information sought on scheme

Pilot project is part of a showcase of technology’s capability

Minister for Enterprise warns data centres ‘very important’ to Ireland

Tech firm says it secured grid connection from EirGrid in 2021 despite South Dublin County Council’s concern over insufficient network capacity and onsite renewable energy

Sam Altman’s firm wants centres that could use same amount of energy as entire cities

Republic could become a ‘global leader’ in the decarbonisation of data centres, report states

There should be no more data centres permitted in the coming years, and local authorities are not the right bodies to make the call

We need to find a win-win solution based on engineering which is far more ingenious than a simple black and white, yes or no to data centres

Dublin-based company employs 255 and provides specialised transport and logistics to data centres in Republic and abroad

Cantillon: People don’t want pressure on the grid and on emissions targets but they still want instant access to their data

South Dublin County Council cites insufficient national grid capacity and lack of renewable energy among its reasons for refusal

Companies need vast tracts of land and resources that industrial sites can provide

Planning consultancy says problems due to State failures rather than inherent issues with ‘whipping boy’ data centres

Onetime part of the dotcom’s ‘four horsemen’, chipmaker is now trailing rivals and betting the house on foundry plan

National grid operator said tech firms continually asking for certainty on new connection agreements

An Taisce, Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion all object to third phase of Grange Castle development

Applicant Herbata says ‘next generation’ data centres will not depend on the national grid for power

Data centres gobble 21 per cent of Ireland’s electricity, more than twice as much as all rural dwellings

‘Why is this energy-guzzling industry continuing to expand when we know Ireland needs to rapidly reduce energy demand, both on security and climate grounds?’

CSO findings come amid an increasingly heated debate about data centres and their energy demands

Hypocrisy and misalignments undermine public trust in climate policies and threaten public buy-in

Planned facility would indirectly contribute 224,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum without any mitigation measures

Amid near 50% jump and fresh doubt over its green commitments, tech giant says future environmental impact of AI is difficult to predict

Plans for 72,400 square metre data storage facility at Grange Castle site which houses servers for products including Gmail, Google Maps and its search engine

The chipmaker’s brief reign as the world’s most valuable company is a sign of the times for the emerging technology

It is vitally important that we prepare for the quantum era in order to reap the strategic and economic advantages

Amazon’s arguments are a reminder of the central role that data centres play in the global strategy of large technology companies - and of the State’s challenges on green energy

Project’s approval is not consistent with climate action objectives, groups say

Expanded role to ensure data centres meet certain standards to be met on foot of EU directives

A review of data centre connection policy by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities is due to published in the coming weeks

Government policies and curbs on electricity grid access creating continued uncertainty, say data centre operators

Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities

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State company to spend €1 billion on new energy park covering 3,000 hectares in Co Offaly