Ireland’s ability to reach its legally binding CO2 reduction targets by 2030 would be fatally undermined by the continued growth of data centres
Climate campaigners demonstrate at Data Centres Ireland conference in RDS, Dublin, calling on government to ban new data centres. Activists from Friends of the Earth Ireland and Extinction Rebellion protest at the Data Centres Ireland conference, at the RDS, Dublin, calling on government to ban new data centres. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáinby University College Cork, commissioned by Friends of the Earth. Its findings are stark.
Furthermore, demand for electricity from data centres is set to intensify in the years ahead due to increasing demand for computing power to drive the development of of artificial intelligence. The report points out that all the additional electricity generated by wind energy between 2017 and last year has been used entirely by data centres. On that basis, it concludes, .
Given the existential threat posed by climate change, and the financial penalties attached to failure to meet those targets, the incoming government will have to prioritise the issue. But the economic case is also worth considering. The focus on data centres is due in part to Ireland’s creaking energy infrastructure, which has prompted legitimate concerns that multinationals will look elsewhere for future investment.This would be tantamount to self-sabotage for a country that relies so heavily on FDI for its prosperity.
A review of the current data centre policy’s compatibility with climate targets targets is essential. As it stands there is very little scope for future growth in the sector. The next government must ensure Ireland reaches its full wind energy potential. At least then, decisions can be made that will limit future economic blowback.Protests in Georgia show people power in action on the streets‘I am 38, living at home, with my mother doing my washing and cooking my meals.
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