Developer of €1.5bn data centre campus says connection delays putting project at risk

Planned data centre has previously been stalled by High Court judicial review

A graphic rendering of the €1.2bn data centre proposed in Co Clare.

The operator of a planned €1.5bn data campus for Ennis has claimed that the project is being put at risk due to "bureaucratic inertia”.

An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission to Art Data Centres Ltd for the scheme in April 2024 comprising six data halls covering 145 acres or 1.3m sq ft on lands adjacent to Tulla Road on the eastern outskirts of Ennis near Junction 13 on the M18 motorway connecting Galway to Limerick.