Environmentalists warn Clare data centre is a 'climate disaster waiting to happen'

Futureproof Clare, Extinction Rebellion Clare, and Clare Environmental Network have vowed jointly to oppose the €1.2bn data centre proposed for Co. Clare.

Environmental groups in Clare have vowed to vigorously fight plans for a €1.2bn data centre near Ennis which they claim is “a climate disaster waiting to happen”.

Dublin-based Art Data Centres Ltd has applied to Clare County Council for six two-storey data centre buildings up to 19 metres in height, as well as a two-storey vertical farm.