Anti-fossil fuel groups say new facilities should run only on renewables
Campaigners are calling on Ireland – and the EU– to ensure a proliferation of data centres does not force up household energy bills.
A report by the campaign groups Beyond Fossil Fuels and Friends of the Earth Ireland, published on Thursday, uses the republic as an example of the potential impact of a race to deploy data centres across Europe.
Irish households could pay an extra €726 million to €1.6 billion in total from 2025 to 2034, they estimate – with the range reflecting uncertainty over the pace of renewable energy deployment, electricity consumption, and whether or not a new energy crisis may emerge.
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