Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Commission for Regulation of Utilities Strategic Plan: Discussion

Photo of Brian LeddinBrian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Senator has raised the issue of the type of data that is processed and stored in data centres. This is an important question. Are we discerning between the different kinds of data for which data centres in this country are being built? The last thing we want is to build large offshore wind farms that keep cryptocurrency mining operations going.

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