Amazon to switch backup Irish data centre generators to biodiesel via IrishTimesBiz
AWS has submitted a planning application for three new data centres at its campus in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15, which would bring to six the number of centres at the 65-acre site. Photograph: Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty ImagesAmazon Web Services says it has started to transition backup electricity generators at its existing Irish data centres from diesel to biofuel, a change that it plans to roll out across its European operations.
The cloud platform currently operates more than 10 data centres in the Dublin area with plans to expand its footprint there and add other facilities in Co Louth and Co Meath. On Saturday, the tech giant said that it has started the transition from diesel to hydro-treated vegetable oil for its emergency generators at some of these facilities, partnering with fuel supplier Certa Ireland. The cloud company said it will roll these changes out across Europe, starting in Ireland and Sweden.
“We’re excited to be working with AWS to help drive their renewable energy transition through the supply of our HVO,” Andrew Graham, managing director at Laois-based Certa, said.
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