Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The CRU supplied the committee with the latest figures for islanded data centres. I think there were 11 data centres connected to the gas grid. There seem to be conflicting views between GNI's view of whether this is a problem, Government policy and the climate action plan. The Government said it believed islanded data centres threaten our emissions reductions and it would rather they do not happen but GNI seems to factor them in as a normal part of growth. Which is it? The CRU is the regulator. Are we following the climate action plan and our binding emissions targets or is GNI allowed to go rogue and say not to worry about these islanded data centres because they are just a natural part of growth and at some stage we will have renewable gas of some sort feeding them?