Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
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Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets
  • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Business & Industry uses over 75% of electricity in Ireland. Residential energy usage really is not that much, in any country in the world.

    Same with CO2, almost all of it is created by industries.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland.

      Ireland’s boom in datacentres and tech companies has been fuelled by its policy of low corporate taxation.