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Report criticises Ireland's 'struggle to implement necessary systems' to collate data centre information

Report criticises Ireland's 'struggle to implement necessary systems' to collate data centre information — Across the bloc, only Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain had more data centres than Ireland, according to the EU report. File picture: Denis Minihane

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 - 00:56

Sean Murray

Ireland has come in for criticism in a new European report on the sustainability of data centres, as it “struggled to implement the necessary systems” to capture data on them effectively.

The European Union’s report on the energy performance and sustainability of data centres across the bloc saw data being supplied by 15% of the estimated 123 data centres operating here.

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