Hydrogen could power Ireland’s expanding data centre sector, Cork conference to hear
Some of Europe’s most important energy leaders to attend summit at Fota Island Resort
Data centres
We are all responsible for the growth of data centres
Time to consider our digital footprints and ways to declutter our online lives
It’s inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters
Midterm elections next week are a referendum on the unpopular US president. They could herald the end of ‘The Donald’ era
‘People are frightened’: The tiny Scottish village fighting plans for one of Europe’s largest data centres
A community of 600 people is fighting a hyperscale AI project that would be larger than the village itself
US company has option to buy Kildare data centre
Developer of planned data centre says deal only involves use of energy technology
Spending on data centre fit-outs fuelling economic growth, claims AIB
Bank says Irish economy to grow at ‘solid’ 3.8% this year despite concerns over possible 5% peak inflation
TikTok’s Irish arm cuts headcount by 600 as legal provisions rise to more than €900m
Social media company’s staff costs fell by 10% last year while pay to three Irish-based directors rose 12% to top €900,000
Microsoft offers redundancy to 60,000 of its 223,000 staff
Tech giant moves to control costs and it spends up to $175bn on AI infrastructure this year
Jones Engineering eyes record €1.9bn turnover on back of data centre boom
Irish contractor specialises in large-scale engineering projects for tech and life sciences sectors
Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious?
Markets becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by ‘hyperscalers’
Ireland still relies on fossil fuel for almost 80% of energy as demand rises
Increasing flights, traffic and data centre expansion complicating efforts to switch from carbon-polluting fuels
Complacency led to energy squeeze in Republic, conference told
Data centre industry conference hears of planned electricity grid investment
Data centres plan in Co Waterford refused planning permission after backlash
Loss of Kilmeaden’s ‘village character’ would be contrary to local development plans, Waterford City and County Council says
Data centre policies risk decline in tech industry
Lobbyist says “stroke of a pen” could solve problems
Did the internet really get less toxic after Russian data centres went down?
A viral theory that online discourse went quiet after Ukrainian drone attacks tells us something about our confidence in data security
‘Nobody ate, nobody drank’: Inside the strange culture of San Francisco’s AI boom
Soaring wealth, rising rents and widening social divides are changing the city again
Ireland can capture the AI dividend while mitigating the risks
The IDA’s role is to work with the 1,800 multinationals already here to expand their mandates and attract the next generation of AI investment
Message from the Editor: Ireland’s data centre revolt
IT Sunday: Ireland has been an enthusiastic host of data centres, but the story of one Co Waterford village shows there are stirrings of local dissent
The village fighting a data centre: ‘The country has been sold out to big tech’
A proposed new development in Kilmeaden village in Co Waterford has got local residents asking pointed questions including: who are data centres good for, and at what cost?
‘Big tech’s lapdog’: how can Ireland break free from the sector’s malign influence?
Resisting data centre sprawl can be a key step in ending the outsize influence of tech firms
AI will not bring about ‘displacement’ in public service, says Taoiseach
Martin urges critics of technology to focus on positives as he announces new forum on workplace effects
AI systems should adopt safety lessons from nuclear industry
Balance needs to be struck between regulation and opportunity, Google DeepMind chair says
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’
Company is committed to further vast spending to challenge rivals
Supreme Court rejects application to appeal plan for data centre in Ennis
Development of data centre in Co Clare had been approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála in 2024
No, you don’t need AI to read your child a bedtime story
Sam Altman’s self-satisfaction about utilising an LLM to raise his child wouldn’t even make the top 20 of his all-time nonsense
Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat as Polanski and Greens lose sheen
Greens have been on the slide in polls since Polanski became the target of intense media scrutiny
Are we building offshore wind farms to save our planet or to power data centres?
Costs of renewable energy justified when it cuts emissions, less so if main beneficiary is industrial growth
Should we pause data centre development? Lynn Boylan debates Malcolm Byrne
Our electricity grid is under pressure, leading to calls for a moratorium on data centres
New data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’
Oireachtas committee hears projections suggest installations to account for about 35% of electricity demand by 2035
Data centre protesters vow to fight on as Kildare County Council rejects zoning motions
Certain land in Kildare, including sites in Naas, was zoned exclusively for data centres under the Local Area Plan 2021-2027
Google wins planning permission for Dublin data centre extension
An Coimisiún Pleanala backs development at Grange Castle site
We need more data on data centres, not spin
Lack of concrete data on contribution of data centres to Ireland leaves debate open to spin
The Irish Times view on data centres: a rift between voters and Government
Current policy deserves more rigorous scrutiny from Opposition and civil society
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