Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets
Ireland’s energy-hungry datacentres consumed more electricity last year than all of its urban homes combined, according to official figures.
The country’s growing fleet of datacentres used 21% of its electricity, an increase of a fifth on 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office.
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