Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2024
98. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the location and number of data centres, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20878/24]
View answerThere is currently no official state register of data centres operating in Ireland. However, the largest users of energy on our electricity system, including the largest data centres, are connected to the transmission system, which is managed and operated by the Transmission System Operator, EirGrid.
EirGrid has informed my Department that EirGrid is not in a position to provide locations and numbers of data centres by local authority area, however EirGrid have provided the location and number of data centres connected to the transmission system, broken down by county.
|
Location (County) |
Number per County |
Project Stage |
|
Dublin |
14 |
11 x Connected3 x Contracted (due to connect by 2025) |
|
Louth |
1 |
Connected |
|
Meath |
1 |
Connected |
The numbers provided does not include data centres connected to the distribution system. It is not possible to provide for this information at this time. Article 12 of the recast EU Energy Efficiency Directive, sets out a requirement for data centres in EU Member States, with at least 500KW installed IT capacity, to report on selected information and key performance indicators to a public database, including location based on their local administrative unit code. This data will be made publicly available at an aggregated level following the transposition of the relevant Delegated Act into Irish law later this year.
