<![CDATA["Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office.]]>

<![CDATA["Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office.]]>"Ireland’s growing number of datacentres last year used 22% of the country’s electricity, more than all urban homes combined, according to the Central Statistics Office. The equivalent figure in the US and UK is 6%.

The centres have “drained” €715m (£620m) from the Irish economy and increased household bills by a cumulative average of €360 between 2015 and 2023"

Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says | Computing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/28/irish-datacentres-household-bills-electricity

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