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    Ein Rechenzentrum in Dublin verbraucht zehnmal so viel Strom wie ein nahegelegenes Pharmawerk mit 2.000 Mitarbeitern


    Ein Rechenzentrum in Dublin verbraucht zehnmal so viel Strom wie ein nahegelegenes Pharmawerk mit 2.000 Mitarbeitern

    https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/01/15/single-data-centre-comsumes-10-times-electricity-of-nearby-pharma-plant-employing-2000/

    Von Banania2020

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    1. Banania2020 on

      *A single data centre in west Dublin consumes 10 times the electricity of a nearby pharmaceutical plant employing 2,000 people, equivalent to enough power for 200,000 homes, according to an internal Government document.*

    2. JustPutSpuddiesOnit on

      Until people don’t want smart devices then this will always be the case

    3. thereforewhat on

      How many people are employed by the data centre?

      Then I guess how much tax revenue comes from both?

      Definitely think there’s a case for restricting these but the whole picture is needed. 

    4. hallon421 on

      Data centres should pay the electricity bill for the entire country. Yeah I know that’s unreasonable but fuck those guys.

    5. IsThereAnythingLeft- on

      And, the DC would also provide a lot of jobs and generate a lot of income

    6. BenderRodriguez14 on

      And more have just bee  signed off on – https://www.thejournal.ie/data-centres-climate-change-6924426-Jan2026/

      Thank christ too, my electricity bills are not high enough already. I really just cannot wait to subsidise their rates even further. 

    7. jhanley on

      The state will eventually end up paying for all these and they will employ f all people as they’re all automated.

    8. anialeph on

      One thing this analysis leaves out that the electricity industry itself creates a couple of jobs per megawatt of demand, even though those jobs aren’t concentrated at the plant itself. Electricity is an industry in its own right.

      This is also the future of industry: highly capital intensive, energy intensive, low labour automation. it’s just the way things are going. It actually suits Ireland because of our limited population and political/economic stability.

    10. NocturneFogg on

      They’re also often built in prime serviced industrial estate locations like Grange Castle, which were planned to host pharma and biotech that would employ thousands

    11. Conscious_Handle_427 on

      The price of having all the tech companies here and all the tax they pay?

    14. Grand-Cup-A-Tea on

      Stats for those interested. Ireland has between 80-90 data centres and the large ones employ directly 200-300 employees. 

      In total the sector directly employs about 16,000 people in Ireland. 

    15. EconomyCauliflower43 on

      If only if we had some way to build renewable energy projects not mired in years of NIMBY delays.

    16. Holiday_Low_5266 on

      And when the IP generated by a tech company sits in an Irish data centre it adds to the strength of their tax base in Ireland….

    17. killianm97 on

      Imo there is a pretty obvious solution that FF and FG won’t consider, because it would harm the profits of their tech overlords:

      Only grant planning permission if at least 110% of energy needs are met by on-site or nearby additional renewable energy capacity.

      That means that private money would be used to increase renewable capacity, instead of data centres being a drain on the grid (pushing up our bills), as is currently the case.

      Currently, plans are for permission to be granted if at least 70% of capacity is gotten from additional renewable energy, but that still causes data centres to be a drain on our energy system.

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