Una Mullally
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Back in August, I wrote about the Irish government's plan for a radical change to the country's electricity infrastructure with a new private wires policy proposal.
Data centres consume 22 per cent of all metered electricity in Ireland, representing a 531 per cent rise in a decade.
Data centres consume 22 per cent of all metered electricity in Ireland, representing a 531 per cent rise in a decade.
Ireland’s electricity infrastructure policy rewiring should be a matter of public debate
This nation is known as the data centre capital of the world - unfortunately, we are not the energy infrastructure capital too
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Back in August, I wrote about the Irish government's plan for a radical change to the country's electricity infrastructure with a new private wires policy proposal.
Data centres consume 22 per cent of all metered electricity in Ireland, representing a 531 per cent rise in a decade.
Data centres consume 22 per cent of all metered electricity in Ireland, representing a 531 per cent rise in a decade.
I went to data centre alley in Virginia last year to learn more about the constraints on electricity grids, and how the power required to meet AI’s data processing demands - which will dwarf the current power requirements of data centres - is an existential problem.
Una Mullally: The man in Data Centre Alley couldn’t conceal his shock. ‘You’re screwed’
In the US, data centres will be powered by small modular nuclear reactors to help cope with demands of AI. What is the plan for Ireland?
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I went to data centre alley in Virginia last year to learn more about the constraints on electricity grids, and how the power required to meet AI’s data processing demands - which will dwarf the current power requirements of data centres - is an existential problem.
Yes absolutely. People need to get off the platform.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Yes absolutely. People need to get off the platform.