Data Centres
More than 870,000 jobs created by data centres? Don’t make me laugh
You simply cannot attribute that many jobs to data centres, no more than you can attribute every job in Ireland people commute to by car to the existence of traffic lights
Power-hungry data centres fuel increasingly fractious debate about squeezed national grid
Row raging since 2021 when senior EirGrid executive noted voracious appetite for power, now at 20% of Republic’s electricity
Ireland is caught in a data centre trap and there’s no easy way out
In the culture wars over data centres, there is no space for the middle ground. But a realistic examination of the benefits and costs is what we need
Don’t worry about a 12% fall in GDP, but watch unemployment closely
Latest huge move in Irish economic data highlights how multinationals distort GDP numbers
High Court green light for €1.6bn Ennis data centre as leave to appeal is refused
Not in public interest that an appeal be launched on the basis of a tendentious mischaracterisation of the trial judgment, judge says
Data centres’ energy use being ‘managed appropriately’ by Government, Darragh O’Brien says
Minister for Energy and the Environment has responded to UN report that described Ireland as ‘cautionary tale’
The Irish Times view on the Government’s data centre argument: how not to make the case
The figures earnestly recited by Minister for Finance Simon Harris deserve scrutiny
Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says
Data processing accounts for 21% of Irish electricity use – compared to just 4% in the US and 1% in China
Ireland’s reliance on US multinational tax take ‘poses risks’, European Commission warns
Corporate tax receipts from US companies well in excess of what could be explained by their domestic economic activity in Republic
EU plans energy standards for data centres amid concerns over soaring power use
EU data centre capacity is expected to more than double in the coming years
In a time of sky-high oil prices, should Ireland go nuclear?
Advocates say new, smaller reactors could deliver ‘abundant, cheap and clean power – the Holy Trinity’
Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism
Rite and Reason: Magnifica Humanitas considers what it might mean to safeguard the best parts of being human in the time of artificial intelligence
Data centres raise cost-of-living questions State cannot ignore
Irish households need honest information about costs of corporate energy demand
SpaceX IPO prospectus raises more questions than answers
Roughly 90% of the touted $28.5tn ‘market opportunity’ pertains not to space but to AI and adjacent data-centre services
SSE grew Irish revenue by 36% last year despite losing customers
Company reported ‘an acceleration’ in development of data centres, with energy sold to the sector in Ireland trebling
Data-centre energy demand adds hundreds of euro to home electricity bills, study claims
Report draws criticism from representative body Digital Infrastructure Ireland, which says data centres ‘vital’
Failure to attract data centres ‘a threat to corporation tax revenues’
Multinationals looking elsewhere for data storage locations may transfer other key business out of Ireland, lobby group says
Data centre demands vs energy conservation
Becoming Europe’s server room comes at a very high price for Irish consumers
Food for thought on data centres and their demands
Irish taxpayers and consumers seem to be subsidising big companies
Ironic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world’s data centre capital
Ireland’s problem is not a lack of State planning, but rather planning that concentrates on making the country a profitable environment for foreign investment
Artificial intelligence spells a real climate disaster
Despite the tech industry’s efforts to squash concern about the devastating climate impacts of AI, resistance is growing
Caterpillar bulldozes into fresh ground as Dow’s unlikely AI darling
Company best known for its diggers has become attractive for its role in building out AI infrastructure
Ronan Kelly to take over as chief executive of Digital Infrastructure Ireland
Founder Gary Connolly stepped down recently and has told board of his intention to leave in September
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In the 1980s and 1900s, Swedish sonar detected what sounded like submarines, but were actually flatulent fish
Dismantling of climate law will reduce scrutiny of large infrastructure projects
If a State body is seriously proposing to impact on the environment, it should have overriding public interest stitched in from the outset
Environmental groups granted leave to challenge data centre policy
High Court told new rules allowing data centres to use fossil fuel power breach climate law
Legal or illegal, Ireland’s emissions failure will damage the world
Any additional emissions will cause additional climate harm: that’s the basic physical and moral challenge of climate change
Ireland’s renewable energy is benefiting data centres, not households, says Social Democrat
Jennifer Whitmore accuses Government of allowing data centres get all the benefits of renewable energy
Fuel protests must not derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither should data centres
If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact
We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. Here are four things we can do now
And when we’ve done them, we need to build a long-term energy security strategy
Fear of electricity blackouts in Ireland prompts new protocols for data centres
Mass disconnection by sector during brief faults risks system instability, says EirGrid
Data centre expansion policy prolongs reliance on fossil fuels
Current State policy embeds fossil gas at the heart of the data centre sector’s growth
An issue of low-energy use: Why data centres are linked to fears of electricity blackouts
Eirgrid has flagged concerns on data-centre behaviour that must be addressed by new code of practice
What the world can learn from Ireland’s battle to power data centres
The country is a canary in the coal mine for dealing with the strains of a boom in energy demand
Trump’s envoy warned Ireland was losing US business, records show
Taoiseach rules out any Irish involvement in Iran conflict as he prepares to meet US president on Tuesday
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Irish-based quantum computing start-up develops breakthrough technology
Research Ireland-backed Equal1 is bringing quantum computing out of the lab and aiming for widespread commercial deployment within the next decade
Environmental groups seek High Court review of fossil-fuel allowances for data centres
Case is being taken against the energy regulator which gave go-ahead to new data centres last December
Commercial property recovering but Middle East conflict threatens new inflation spike
New report from SCSI predicts rents and capital values, across three main classes, will rise in 2026
Greencoat aims to tap data centre demand with new joint venture
Listed energy player in partnership with Schroders to supply digital industry
Demand for electricity to increase by nearly one-fifth over next 10 years
National grid company warns of pressure on supplies from data centres, housing and transport
Nuclear energy is a distant prospect – wind and solar are here now
Sceptics don’t outright deny climate change but dismiss solutions as unrealistic
Data centre builder Equinix to create 200 jobs with €590m investment in Louth
Equinix announces partnership with Hanley Energy, which was recently acquired by American multinational company Jabil
Data centre company Echelon secures €1.7bn loan financing to continue expansion
Firm develops and operates large-scale infrastructure
Benefits of data centres being ignored, new representative group for the facilities says
Tom Parlon, former director general of Construction Industry Federation, to become first chairman of the group
One in three Irish adults backs building nuclear power plants
Opposition to nuclear remains at around 45% but the increase in support here is mirrored internationally, KPMG report finds
Government failing to consider how key policies are damaging climate, says UN expert
Plans for LNG, Dublin Airport passenger cap and data-centre expansion ‘need scrutiny’
CRH ‘well placed’ to cash in on US data centre construction boom
Good growth in final three months of the year reported by Irish building materials giant which spent $4.1bn on 38 acquisitions in 2025
Inside the Dublin data centres consuming an unknown amount of energy
Software giant Microsoft’s electricity demands remain a source of contention, in particular when it comes to powering AI
Thirty obstacles to meeting climate targets identified by all-party committee
Most are ascribed to shortfalls in Government planning, policies, action and communications
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