The Irish Times view on data centres: how many is too many?
They are are putting a heavy strain on Ireland’s efforts to meet climate targets
They are are putting a heavy strain on Ireland’s efforts to meet climate targets
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Access to electricity and gas restricts because of risk of blackouts due to power-hungry sector
Claims of a breakthrough at the chip company’s new Arizona facility will be tested by sceptical Big Tech customers
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Green internet use can help tackle the problem of ‘dark data’
Irish company Exergyn has developed approach to avoid high costs of heating and cooling systems
Electricity and gas group put on market earlier this year at estimated value of €2.75bn
Close to $7 trillion will need to be spent on data centres globally by 2030
Countries are increasingly looking to retain control over sensitive data rather leave it in the hands of private operators driven by profit
Centres have become controversial due to their use of over 20% of electricity generated in Ireland
An Amazon facility already powers one Tallaght district heating scheme but we should have many more
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Government reforms to sector likely to lead to short-term reliance on fossil fuels, Barclays finds
About 300 of BT Ireland’s 650 workforce will remain in Ireland to serve multinationals and large organisations
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Deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year
Kildare County Council imposes 77 conditions on Naas project
An Taisce among groups opposing server farm proposals
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
A Microsoft spokesperson did not comment on a query about Irish data centres’ involvement
Announcement of €5m district heating fund comes amid concerns over possible rollback of climate spending as revised NDP is finalised
A ChatGPT query is estimated to consume about five times more electricity than a simple web search
Facility ‘will have no significant impact on climate’, company’s planning consultant says
Herbata plans to use 50% renewables at Naas complex
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council flags State’s oversubscribed water infrastructure as key risk
AI Advisory Council members say new technologies will present enormous opportunities for society
Dr Patricia Scanlon of the AI Advisory Council urges Government to consider regulatory overhaul
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
CIF calls on Government to remove ‘roadblocks’ creating ‘persistent uncertainty in Ireland’s infrastructure pipeline’
Department of Energy proposal will depart from norm of ESB having exclusive right to own such infrastructure
Officials from Research Ireland appeared before newly formed Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Percentage share of metered electricity consumption used by data centres has more than quadrupled since 2015
Industry executive warns that existing Irish retail data centres are nearing maximum capacity or ‘going dark’
Half of electricity generated in the Dublin region is now being consumed by data centres
Construction group eyes strong expansion in key European markets
Planning consultant said data centre site was chosen ‘outside grid-constrained areas and in a region with a surplus of renewable power’
‘Urgent delivery of designated maritime area plans to unlock West coast floating offshore wind potential needed’
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission opens inquiry into deal
Ireland’s development pipeline is stalling precisely when new housing is most desperately needed, investment firm Elkstone claims
Electrification should be overriding priority for Irish economy, industry and society, says International Energy Agency chief
Directors consider impact of US and EU tariff and non-tariff trade measures as ‘minimal’
Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant
Peter Burke outlined a 16-point plan to improve competitiveness including Ceta progress
Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the future’
Renewable supplies won’t be enough to power surge in data centre consumption
Industry warns that power market not designed for back-up generators
Ireland has a long history of courageous climate and environmental activism which includes protests against LNG and fracking, the Corrib gas pipeline, tree felling at the Glen of the Downs, Sitka spruce plantations and data centres
Providing IT infrastructure for the likes of Amazon and Meta is key for our economy, but environmental costs worry opponents
Project is in line with Government’s Climate Action Plan, An Bord Pleanála rules after objections from An Taisce and environmentalists
National grid operator predicts record demand as climate change measures kick in
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