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Data Centres
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
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