John Whelan: High electricity costs threaten Irelands data centre and AI expansion

Ireland lags behind in the total number of data centres and is likely to continue to fall behind if the cost of electricity is not brought down
Amazon Web Services located in Sterling, Northern Virginia, in the USA, is the largest data centre market in the world.

Amazon Web Services located in Sterling, Northern Virginia, in the USA, is the largest data centre market in the world.

Europe’s data centre industry is centred around a familiar group of cities, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Dublin; the so-called Flap-D markets.

They have, over the past few years, attracted most investment, infrastructure, and operator activity.

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