Kenneth FoxThe Government says it wants to work with data centres to reduce their reliance on the national grid, according to the Minister for the Environment. It comes as CSO data shows a 400 per cent increase in energy demand from data centres since 2015. However, Cabinet Ministers have rejected these calls and said what is needed instead is a greater shift towards making data centres more efficient. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney indicated that the focus will not be on reducing the number of data centres but in powering them differently. “It is important to say that there is no technology-based economic growth without data centres.

Source: The Herald June 13, 2023 12:08 UTC