Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 — server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions

Quarterly data center electricity consumption grew 584% from 291 GWh in Q1 2015 to 1,991 GWh in Q4 2026

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