Ireland's data centres focus on carbon footprint of future mega-buildings

Conor Power hears the views of strategy leaders in Ireland's data centres, who are committed to helping the nation reach its climate action targets

Irish company Echelon Data Centres says its DUB20 data centre will see an investment of €3.5bn in data centre and energy infrastructure in Co Wicklow, and represents an endorsement of sustainable data centre development as it follows a pathway to net zero emissions and demonstrates the role of Government policy in achieving that.

Unlike the housing crisis, it seems that private enterprise is leading the charge when it comes to gearing up for Net Zero, leaving the Government free to look on and nod approvingly.

This is very evident in the challenge of getting our national building stock in line with EU Net-Zero directives for the net-zero target year of 2050.