Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all homes combined, figures show

Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all homes combined, figures show

Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets

Ireland’s energy-hungry datacentres consumed more electricity last year than all of its urban homes combined, according to official figures.

The country’s growing fleet of datacentres used 21% of its electricity, an increase of a fifth on 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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