Data centres are perfect for Ireland. You got the combination of a mild climate, a government who bow down to anything foreign, and a population who barely know what day of the week it is.
More fearmongering bull.
The only important piece of information in that article is the link to :
From that direction, datacentres applying for an electrical connection will have to be able to turn off on demand, or else provide their own power on demand. In other words, in 2030 Ireland will have about 20% of its power usage which it can simply remove from the grid on demand in the event of an issue.
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Data centres are perfect for Ireland. You got the combination of a mild climate, a government who bow down to anything foreign, and a population who barely know what day of the week it is.
More fearmongering bull.
The only important piece of information in that article is the link to :
https://www.cru.ie/document_group/data-centre-grid-connection/
of which the important bit is :
https://www.cru.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CRU21124-EirGrid-Direction-1.pdf
From that direction, datacentres applying for an electrical connection will have to be able to turn off on demand, or else provide their own power on demand. In other words, in 2030 Ireland will have about 20% of its power usage which it can simply remove from the grid on demand in the event of an issue.
That’s an amazing capability.