Data Centres

Emissions by commercial services sector including data centres up 6.9 per cent in 2023

Company seeks planning permission for three-storey facility

Friends of the Earth calls for ‘moratorium on new data centres and expansion of existing ones until robust legislative framework is in place’

Commission investigating possible competition law breaches

Electrification is the bridge between Ireland’s renewable energy potential and its climate commitments

Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system

Consultants argue data centres could soak up excess power generation from renewables that could reach 55% above demand

International Energy Agency expects data centres to consume 32% of total electricity in Ireland by 2026

In the US, data centres will be powered by small modular nuclear reactors to help cope with demands of AI. What is the plan for Ireland?

Decline driven by the higher costs of sales

Contractor involved in building data centres sees profit after tax jump by 81% to €70.8m

Eurostat figures show State is second only to Germany in high price of electricity

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