Profit slip 12% at data centre developer and operator Equinix
Group said it intends to increase capacity to meet growing demand despite restrictions on power connections for new data centres
Data Centres
Battery storage to open new source of energy supply in move to cut electricity costs
Batteries charged with surplus renewable energy can then supply power to market when demand high
The Irish Times view on data centres: how many is too many?
They are are putting a heavy strain on Ireland’s efforts to meet climate targets
Construction ‘one of strongest performers’ in jobs market amid housing push
Hiring ‘buoyant’ for quantity surveyors, engineers, project managers and design staff
Data centres costing €5.6bn have planning approval but no electricity, industry warns
Access to electricity and gas restricts because of risk of blackouts due to power-hungry sector
Inside Intel’s big bet to save US chipmaking – and itself
Claims of a breakthrough at the chip company’s new Arizona facility will be tested by sceptical Big Tech customers
South African investor pays €1.325m for Airways Industrial Estate unit
Price paid represents 13% premium on amount sought for fully let investment
Do you take photos of your cat or dog everyday? There is a cost
Green internet use can help tackle the problem of ‘dark data’
Technology breakthrough helps refrigeration and data centre sectors meet climate goals
Irish company Exergyn has developed approach to avoid high costs of heating and cooling systems
Energia owner calls final bids as KKR and Canadian Pension Plan circle
Electricity and gas group put on market earlier this year at estimated value of €2.75bn
Kingspan chases Magnificent Seven energy with plan to float unit riding on AI boom
Close to $7 trillion will need to be spent on data centres globally by 2030
Is sovereign AI the answer for Ireland?
Countries are increasingly looking to retain control over sensitive data rather leave it in the hands of private operators driven by profit
Energy regulator to investigate Energia for claiming price increases were sanctioned
Centres have become controversial due to their use of over 20% of electricity generated in Ireland
Here’s an idea: divert the energy from data centres to heat Irish homes
An Amazon facility already powers one Tallaght district heating scheme but we should have many more
‘Delay is fatal’ to Dublin revitalisation plans, says David McRedmond
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Ireland’s data centre appeal ‘fading’ due to pressure on electricity grid, report says
Government reforms to sector likely to lead to short-term reliance on fossil fuels, Barclays finds
Enet owner buys BT Ireland’s wholesale fibre business for €22m
About 300 of BT Ireland’s 650 workforce will remain in Ireland to serve multinationals and large organisations
How the race for total AI domination is revisiting the worst of human history
In the News podcast: Engineer, journalist and AI expert Karen Hao on the true human and environmental cost of generative AI
Competition regulator clears Equinix acquisition of BT Datacentres Ireland
Deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year
Planners back €3bn Herbata data centre in Kildare
Kildare County Council imposes 77 conditions on Naas project
Kildare data centre plan faces fresh objections
An Taisce among groups opposing server farm proposals
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
Microsoft provides data storage for Israeli military
A Microsoft spokesperson did not comment on a query about Irish data centres’ involvement
Green Party leader calls on Government to retain funding of key climate projects
Announcement of €5m district heating fund comes amid concerns over possible rollback of climate spending as revised NDP is finalised
We need to talk about AI’s staggering ecological impact
A ChatGPT query is estimated to consume about five times more electricity than a simple web search
Amazon Web Services says Dublin data centre plan will not have ‘significant impact on climate’
Facility ‘will have no significant impact on climate’, company’s planning consultant says
Kildare data centre will not take power from grid
Herbata plans to use 50% renewables at Naas complex
Ireland’s water infrastructure now main block on growth, committee hears
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council flags State’s oversubscribed water infrastructure as key risk
AI involves ‘arms race betweeen nations’ with ‘no easy option for Ireland’, committee hears
AI Advisory Council members say new technologies will present enormous opportunities for society
Ireland must act quickly or lose chance to be leading player in AI, committee will hear
Dr Patricia Scanlon of the AI Advisory Council urges Government to consider regulatory overhaul
‘We’ve dropped the ball’: Ireland’s housing targets will be missed because the water, electricity and roads required can’t be delivered
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
Irish construction firms working on projects abroad amid planning snarl-ups
CIF calls on Government to remove ‘roadblocks’ creating ‘persistent uncertainty in Ireland’s infrastructure pipeline’
Data centres and other large users of electricity to be allowed to build and operate own lines to power plants
Department of Energy proposal will depart from norm of ESB having exclusive right to own such infrastructure
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