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Coverage dated December 18, 2024

Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy

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Dozens of massive data centers are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok is wondering whether it was all wo…

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Dozens of massive data centers are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok is wondering whether it was all wo…

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Ireland embraced the AI boom. Now its data centers are consuming too much of its energy (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    CLONDALKIN, Ireland (AP) — Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in…

  3. Green Field Reporter

    Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    CLONDALKIN, Ireland (AP) — Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here.

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