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December 23, 2024

Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy

  • Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland's grid operator to halt new data centers near Dublin until 2028.
    • By MATT O’BRIEN
    AP Technology Writer

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    Meta’s data center in Clonee, Ireland, is one of several clustered around Dublin. Data centers are projected to take up one third of Ireland’s electricity in this decade.

    CLONDALKIN, Ireland — Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here.


     
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