Microsoft says its total electricity usage has now been equalled by renewable energy deals it has entered into, claiming to represent one of the biggest ‘clean energy’ achievements in the tech multinational world.
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The power requirement of the campus is the equivalent to that of tens of thousands of standard Irish homes. Figures from the Central Statistics Office show the amount of metered electricity consumed by data centres overtook the total required by Irish urban residences in 2023.
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An analyst from UK-based research agency Baringa, Mark Turner, claimed computer services exports reached €278bn in 2024, accounting for 58pc of all Irish services exports. He said the ICT sector now contributes 18pc of Ireland’s total Gross Value Added (GVA), employing 7pc of the workforce, with job creation in this space growing four times faster than the national average.
He also claimed data centres are “the leading commercial backers of Ireland’s 41pc renewable electricity share, providing the bankability needed to help support the 2030 target of 80pc”. Read more.