Gerry McGovern on Nostr: "Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland’s grid operator to halt new data centers ...
"Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland’s grid operator to halt new data centers near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powerful computers last year consumed 21% of the nation’s electricity, according to official records. No other country has reported a higher burden to the International Energy Agency. Not only that, but Ireland is still heavily reliant on burning fossil fuels to generate electricity."
https://apnews.com/article/ai-data-centers-ireland-6c0d63cbda3df740cd9bf2829ad62058Published at
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