https://www.europesays.com/2090028/ Ireland losing investment because of slow progress on offshore wind projects, Limerick Chamber warns – The Irish Times #DarraghOBrien #DataCentres #ireland #limerick #MicheálMartin #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #shannon
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Coverage of Hannah Daly's excellent presentation to the #Oireachtas on the unsustainable reality of #datacentres in #Ireland undermining #energysecurity & #climateaction through driving increased reliance on #fossilfuels.
#ClimateActionPlan #SpéirGorm #renewables
www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...
Energy expert says Ireland cur...
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"The problem is that the driving force behind the #datacenter boom isn't the #AI researchers, it is the #realestate people."
"ChatGPT came out in 2022, and the Chinese government declared AI infrastructure a national priority. Over 500 new data centres were announced in 2023 and 2024. Private investors went all-in.
Demand for the #datacentres turns out not to be there. Around 80% are not actually in use. [MIT Technology Review]"
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/04/china-massively-overbuilds-empty-ai-data-centres/
Pivot to AI · China massively overbuilds empty AI data centresChatGPT came out in 2022, and the Chinese government declared AI infrastructure a national priority. Over 500 new data centres were announced in 2023 and 2024. Private investors went all-in. Demand…
Data centres could use double the electricity, an estimated 945TWh, by 2030. This is driven by AI tools.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01113-z
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Les centres de données pourraient consommer le double d’électricité, estimé à 945 TWh, d’ici 2030. C’est mené par les outils d’IA.
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“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:
The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”
#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.
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“Global electricity demand from #DataCentres is set to more than double over the next five years. The effects will be particularly strong in some countries. For example, in the United States, data centres are on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand; in Japan, more than half; and in Malaysia, as much as one-fifth.”
https://www.iea.org/news/ai-is-set-to-drive-surging-electricity-demand-from-data-centres-while-offering-the-potential-to-transform-how-the-energy-sector-works
#AI
IEAAI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News - IEAAI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News from the International Energy Agency
#DataCentres ... in ... SPAAAAAACE!!!!! is the most ridiculous news story so far this year. Even more ridiculous then #Trumponomics or #MichaelFabricant's glorious hair. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewvpkw7weo If you need so much computering that you can't just use a small modern computer then you're going to need cooling for that. Cooling takes about 45% of the power budget for a DC on Earth, and is MUCH HARDER in a vacuum where you can't use the atmosphere or a river as a heat sink.
BBC NewsThe plans to put data centres into orbit and on the moonProponents say space-based data centres will be more secure, but sceptics say big hurdles remain.
Big tech’s new #datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water "Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents" of course, what do they care?
The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
"#Airpollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run #datacentres has been linked to treating #cancers, #asthma and other related issues, according to #research from UC Riverside and #Caltech."
https://www.ft.com/content/d595d5f6-79d1-47eb-b690-8597f09b39e7
Financial Times · Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn
Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has published a draft policy that requires #datacentres to disclose their carbon emissions, as well as the level to which they use renewable energy.
Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=8935
Data centres could strain Europe's power supply by 2030, report warns.
The AI-driven data centre boom could strain the continent's energy supplies and octuple emissions by the end of the decade, according to a new report.
euronews · Data centres could strain Europe's power supply by 2030, report warnsThe AI-driven data centre boom could strain the continent's energy supplies and octuple emissions by the end of the decade, according to a new report.
'Mr. Wonderful's' Alberta AI Plans Face Indigenous Opposition #FirstNations #Canada #datacentres #Alberta #KevinOLeary https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/21/AI-Plans-Face-Indigenous-Opposition/?utm_source=edge&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=240125
When Silicon Valley says “jump!” Ireland asks “How high, daddy?”
#Ireland #SiliconValley #digitalImperialism #institutionalCorruption #climateCrisis #climateChange #BigTech #DataCentres https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/113559988974673492
Mastodon.greenGerry McGovern (@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)In Ireland, data centers already use more metered electricity than all urban households. That’s not all. Their backup and emergency generators caused 135,000 tons of CO2 over the last 5 years.
Some planned data centres intend to be powered by gas because they cannot be connected to the grid as it is under such strain.
https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-data-centres-6554698-Nov2024/
#Ireland's #datacentres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid · Over 135,000 t of CO2 was emitted from these centres in the last 5 yrs ..
https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-data-centres-6554698-Nov2024/
Listening to the first episode of a Tech Won't Save Us podcast subseries, called Data Vampires;
https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1
Once again it occurs to me that hyperscaling of datacentres is exactly the wrong approach to hosting online services. Not just from an economic justice and environmental POV, but even from a business POV.
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Tech Won't Save UsData Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) - Tech Won’t Save UsA left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.
Q. Corporate welfare or sensible national security move?
Data centres in the UK are about to be designated 'critical infrastructure' enabling them to access state-aid & support on security measures....
Hmmm... and this just as Amazon decides to invest in building such infrastructure in the UK.... call, me cynical, but you cannot help but wonder whether this is a form of (undercover) state-aid offered to Amazon to sweeten the investment deal?
#datacentres #cybersecurity #amazon
h/t FT
Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
Ireland’s energy-hungry #datacentres 
consumed more electricity last year than all of its urban homes combined, according to official figures.
The country’s growing fleet of datacentres used 21% of its electricity, an increase of a fifth on 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office.
It was the first year that datacentres supporting the Irish tech hub surpassed the electricity used by homes in its towns and cities, which consumed 18% of the grid’s total power last year.
Experts have raised concerns that 
️the sudden surge in power demand driven by datacentres could derail climate targets in Ireland and across Europe.️
The Guardian · Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
State of the art data centre. 98% of the data was not backed up 
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Indonesian President #JokoWidodo ordered on Friday an audit of government #DataCentres after officials said the bulk of data affected by a recent #Ransomware cyberattack was not backed up, exposing the country's vulnerability to such attacks.
#Indonesia president orders
audit of data centres after #cyberattack
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/bulk-indonesia-data-hit-by-cyberattack-not-backed-up-officials-say-2024-06-28/
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this passage is particularly eye-opening. i don't fly very often. it's once every six years or so, on average - but, if i really want to help reduce emissions, i should start limiting my internet usage. that's gonna' be a much bigger sacrifice for me than not flying. bummer.
#emissions #climateChange #dataCentres #climateCrisis #tech #sustainability
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