When Silicon Valley says “jump!” Ireland asks “How high, daddy?”
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In Ireland, data centers already use more metered electricity than all urban households. That’s not all. Their backup and emergency generators caused 135,000 tons of CO2 over the last 5 years.Some planned data centres intend to be powered by gas because they cannot be connected to the grid as it is under such strain.
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Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.TheJournal.ie
