Data centre boom – What can Europe learn from Ireland?

Ireland’s ambitions to become a tech hub saw a surge in data centres, mostly clustered around Dublin. Ireland has said it will not allow new facilities in or around Dublin until at least 2028, as it is concerned about supply security. Attaining grid access and providing enough clean energy to feed power hungry data centres will be crucial if the rest of Europe is to emulate Ireland but learn from its mistakes. 

Reporting by Snjolfur Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, Montel News. Contributors: Dara Lynott, CEO, Electricity Association of Ireland; and Ryan Alexander, Principal, European Advisory, Aurora.