Planning consultancy says problems due to State failures rather than inherent issues with ‘whipping boy’ data centres
Gavin Lawlor, director of planning consultancy Tom Philips and Associates, says that despite criticism many data centres have their own generators and can supply power to the national electricity grid if called on.
Gavin Lawlor, director of planning consultancy Tom Phillips and Associates, says that the growing number of data centres here are unfairly blamed for the State’s failure to tackle the problem. He pointed out that many of these facilities have their own generators and can actually supply power to the national electricity grid if called on.
Mr Lawlor maintained that the Single Electricity Market Committee, made up of representatives of regulators from both sides of the border, was not offering enough cash to developers to encourage them to build new power stations. The single electricity market offers so-called capacity payments through auctions that are designed to secure investment in new natural gas generators.Eamon Ryan, the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, and his department last year got planning permission for temporary power plants to ensure there was not a shortfall in the Republic’s electricity supplies. Several began operating this year.
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