Data Centers in Ireland Overtake All Urban Electricity Use Combined

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesJul 25, 2024, 7:39 pm55 pts
According to official figures, last year Ireland’s data centers consumed more electricity than all of the country’s urban homes for the first time, reported The Guardian. The expanding number of data centers used 21 percent of the country’s electricity, a fifth more than in 2022, the Central Statistics…

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