Google warned against an Irish ban on data centres

Google wants to continue to invest in data centre infrastructure in Ireland and says a moratorium on them would render this impossible. File picture

Google warned that any ban on developing data centres in Ireland must be avoided and would seriously impede the country’s transformation into a digital and green economy.

In a detailed submission to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), the tech giant said any moratorium on data centre development needed to be avoided “at all costs”.