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Just outside Ireland’s capital, Dublin, a data center has become the first in Europe to turn to an independent, so-called “islanded,” microgrid to keep its servers running.
Europe is looking to cash in on the AI boom while tackling power connection delays that have persisted for decades. The European Commission estimates the bloc needs at least 1.2 trillion euros ($1.39 trillion) in investments by 2040. In some cases, companies can’t wait for bottlenecks to be eased and are turning to their own sources of power.
The Dublin facility, operated by digital infrastructure developer Pure Data Centre Group, which partnered with power supply solutions provider AVK, could mark the continent’s first step toward a privately powered ecosystem.
AVK and Pure DC say their Dublin installation is the first data center in Europe to be operated by a live microgrid.
“As these data centers get bigger and we see AI workloads and that data becoming more of a feature in our day-to-day lives, that only puts more stress on the grid. So we have to drive to a different solution,” AVK CEO Ben Pritchard told CNBC.
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