I data center irlandesi si rivolgono ai combustibili fossili dopo aver esaurito la rete elettrica del paese
https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-data-centres-6554698-Nov2024/
di Banania2020
I data center irlandesi si rivolgono ai combustibili fossili dopo aver esaurito la rete elettrica del paese
https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-data-centres-6554698-Nov2024/
di Banania2020
14 commenti
Its about time that we got a data centres are evil article, blame the bloody election. Next up christmas blackout fearmongering article
Ah yes but nuclear is the devil.
The narrative as pushed by the likes of SD and Labour to stop data centres being built is something people should be immensely wary of when voting tomorrow. It could cause immense damage to our FDI.
Wind farms please just build them and speed up the planning work on it.
Ireland is an excellent candidate for geothermal energy, but I’ve rarely seen it mentioned in our energy discussions. Especially at policy level.
https://www.seai.ie/renewable-energy/geothermal-energy
The state should build this up and the cheap energy could help regulate our ever increasing energy prices
It must seem insane to younger people that before their time, the most strain our grids endured were those “ad-break kettle boiling” surges caused in the evenings as people watched their TV soaps.
Now our grids seem to be functioning at peak time, all the time & does make me mildly worry (alongside all the other existential worries) about where it’s heading – cos it seems like a hidden cost of our always-online society nobody wants to talk about. Then you throw AI into the mix and its collosal resource dependence…
Will someone please think of the tens of workers who have employment in these data centres.
Now add more EVs into the mix. Don’t worry it’ll be grand. /s
What is the benefit of data centres from the governments pov?
I understand they are needed in a general sense for all of the media and information we are creating on a global level. But why does the Irish government allow them to set up here? What’s the benefit for government/citizens/country? Only benefit I can see is a few jobs, but given the pressure they put on our electric grid and impact on environment it’s surely not worth it?
Data centres should be forced to generate their own electricity as part of planning permission.
We should stop new data centres if there if we cannot build renewables fast enough to meet the demand.
Wind Farms, the very simple answer.
But I was having a pint watching the rugby the other week, and a man approached me selling tickets to a fundraiser he was holding in a local club. I asked what the cause was, and he said local objections to a windfarms they are planning to build. I gave him a piece of his mind, and he moved on, pretty spritely.
But how are these NIMBY’s so organised, and driven about these issues, while society falls apart around them, and they don’t give a crap about it. I’ve heard from a friend that they log hundreds of objections, that the department for environment have to individually review and respond to, to cripple any progress. How much time does these people have, to be a complete hindrance on this country.
Data centres should need to meet x% of their own power requirements through renewable energy.