Der Strombedarf von Rechenzentren könnte den gesamten Stromverbrauch der Republik Irland übersteigen
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/09/data-centre-electricity-demand-could-exceed-power-usage-of-entire-country/
Von homecinemad
Der Strombedarf von Rechenzentren könnte den gesamten Stromverbrauch der Republik Irland übersteigen
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/09/data-centre-electricity-demand-could-exceed-power-usage-of-entire-country/
Von homecinemad
20 Kommentare
It’s not even 7 o clock man let me have my coffee lol
Stop this madness. Leave this data centre shit to a country with e.g. nuclear power. This is a recipe for disaster for a small island nation who doesnt properly utilise solar and wind power as is
Could is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence
Domestic use is around 25%. Data Centres use about 21%. So not really that far to go.
I know we haven’t really settled the question of what this country is called, but “Irish Republic” seems jarring.
Real concerns don’t move the needle. We need some conspiracy theories that data centres cause the local to charge more for a pint before there would be enough misdirected anger secretly directed in a justified direction.
Remember that one time you had a bad haircut but didn’t notice till you got home? Data centres did that mate!
Kind of aligns with that it’s only a matter of time before AI intelligence exceeds human intelligence.
they should make the GPUs and memory in these data centres free. like they did with the Luas. give your loved ones the gift of 64GB of DDR5.
Cool, so we’ll just turn everything else off. Sound 👍
Backbone of our country. More please.
Feed the beast for it is hungry !
And my demand for money exceeds my wages. What’s the story here?
The main question is does the extra demand for electricity cause the price to go up ?
So…
Nuclear soon?
If we were a bit french there would already be massive protests against the putain data centers!
just for reference and impact, overall information, with environmental impact starts around 10min – cold fusion video https://youtu.be/eXXwN_TDdLU?
Don’t forget these things also need fresh water, that little ole thing that keeps everything on earth alive and whatnot.
Easy solution is that planning for data centres requires that they produce 120% of max power demand via renewables and that excess capacity is sold at cost to the grid.
I wrote to all my local TDs and you should too.
Only 40 more been granted approval. Grim times.