According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO), data centres consumed 21 percent of all metered electricity consumption in 2023, up from five percent in 2015 and 18 percent in 2022
According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO), data centres consumed 21 percent of all metered electricity consumption in 2023, up from five percent in 2015 and 18 percent in 2022.
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Data centres based in Ireland, a European hub for the energy-guzzling facilities, now consume over a fifth of the EU member's electricity, overtaking that used by all urban Irish homes combined, official statistics showed Tuesday.
According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO), data centres consumed 21 percent of all metered electricity consumption in 2023, up from five percent in 2015 and 18 percent in 2022.
For the first time that exceeded electricity consumption in urban homes: 18 percent in 2023, down from 19 percent the previous year.
Rural households accounted for 10 per cent.
The results come with increasingly heated debate in Ireland around the energy needs of data centres which house computer storage facilities.