Council extends planning permission for two data centre buildings in Cork

It comes as data centres begin to consume a greater share of Ireland’s electricity

Artist impression of a planned data centre on the former Mitsui Denman site in Little Island which first had planning permission granted back in 2017 and has already had the permission extended once, to the end of 2025.

A developer has been given the green light to extend planning permission for two data centre buildings in Cork after a “significant delay” in reaching an agreement to connect the centres to the electricity grid.

The former Mitsui Denman site in Little Island first had planning permission granted for the data centres back in 2017 and has already had the permission extended once, to the end of 2025.