Almost one-third of Ireland's energy supply used in data centres, environmental campaigners warn

Amazon has been granted planning permission to build three data centres in Dublin, bring the total number of data centres from the tech giant to six.

Ireland is heading towards 30% of the country's energy supply going to data centres, according to the Chief executive of Friends of the Earth Ireland. 

It comes just as Amazon has been granted planning permission to build three data centres in Dublin, bringing the total number of data centres from the tech giant to six.