Tanaiste Urges Against Portraying Data Centres as 'Bogeymen' on Energy Bills
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In Ireland, data centres consumed 22% of the country's electricity last year, which led to an increase in household bills, according to data from a report quoted by The Guardian. Ireland's growing number of data centres consumed 22% of the country's electricity last year, more than any other country's electricity.
Tanaiste urges against portraying data centres as 'bogeymen' on energy bills
Simon Harris was responding to questions in the Dail on a Friends of the Earth report that said data centres were driving up the wholesale price of electricity due to their increasing demands on the grid supply
Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added €1.4bn to household electricity bills
New research by Friends of the Earth has found that soaring demand for data centres in Ireland has driven up energy prices, with Irish households paying the hidden cost.
Harris: Don’t make data centres the bad guy over energy costs
As Electric Ireland becomes the latest supplier to hike its prices, the Tánaiste has urged against portraying data centres as “bogeymen” when it comes to rising electricity rates in Ireland, writes Helen Bruce. Simon Harris was responding to questions in the Dáil on a Friends Of The Earth report that said data centres were driving up the wholesale price of electricity due to their rising demands on supply. He said data centres had created 875,00…
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