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The Irish government isn’t looking to limit the number of data centers, despite new figures showing increasingly high energy use.
Climate Minister Eamon Ryan said at the National Economic Dialogue: “The data centers are a really important, beneficial sector for our country. We have a huge advantage of having them here in terms of the potential industries that are based here that come with it.
“I think it comes down to every single data center looking at what flexible systems they have to deliver low carbon electricity or they can use some of the waste heat.”
Heat reuse has been explored in the Dublin area. In 2021, Heatworks began work on an AWS district heating scheme that would reuse head from the company’s data center in Dublin. 133 apartments should be connected to the network by 2024. Equinix has also explored the solution, and in 2022 commissioned a feasibility study in Blanchardstown.
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