Data centres now account for 21% of all electricity consumption
CSO findings come amid an increasingly heated debate about data centres and their energy demands
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
Vantage’s new Grange Castle facility will include 52MW of IT capacity in its first two phases
Deal comes amid tension in energy sector over regulatory constraints on data centres, which consume huge amounts of electricity
Greens clash with Simon Coveney ... and Conor McGregor
Private equity giant takes control of Irish data centre construction business
Wild Geese: Mark Duffy, Stockholm
Eighteen per cent of Irish electricity was consumed by data centres in 2022, as much as all urban homes, making the country an outlier
Irish mariner is at the heart of much of today’s subsea cable network but we no longer have the capability to monitor and defend it
Dispute centred on a 2.5-acre site known as the Bracetown in Clonee,
Order was secured by siblings Bernard, Lorcan, Nicola and Patrica Ward, who own a 2.5-acre site known as the Bracetown, Clonee Co Meath, against Mannix Coyne, who lives nearby
The current Dáil term has less than a year to run and the Coalition partners will increasingly seek to differentiate themselves as they head towards the polls
Environment Minister wants to block future data centres that do not have their own carbon-neutral sources of energy
Simon Coveney forcefully argued that Minister for the Environment’s proposal was not agreed Government policy
Developed by engineers at Nokia Bell Labs, BT and Cablelabs, L4S could solve the latency issues on the web that interfere with video streaming or cause financial transfers to freeze
Cowen warns that regulator must not be arbiter of digital growth
Limiting growth of data centres here threatens foreign direct investment, our digital economy and modern life
Temperatures in the seas around Ireland and the UK were 3-5 degrees higher than normal in June - and climate change is to blame. Graphic: NOAA
A new €50 million submarine cable running from Iceland to Galway makes the Nordic island a “digital suburb of Dublin”
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