Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke is to brief Cabinet colleagues on a plan aimed at sustainable data centre development in Ireland. Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke is expected to seek approval for legislation that would transpose the EU’s AI Act into Irish law. Separately, Mr Burke is to brief colleagues on a plan aimed at sustainable data centre development in Ireland. The plan provides for “limited development” of data centres and other energy-intensive industrial facilities in places where there is generation capacity though the companies must co-locate development with renewable energy resources. Minister for Higher Education James Lawless is to update the Cabinet on a report about delivering infrastructure including addressing construction skills and workforce shortages.

Source: The Irish Times January 13, 2026 07:34 UTC