Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ms Donnelly is right that it is not the same. There is an issue there in terms of community acceptance. There is the idea that we are delivering renewable energy in which citizens have a stake and from which they are benefiting, compared with the idea of building renewable infrastructure in their communities that is offsetting data centres owned by multinational corporations. There is a job to do on how we deliver infrastructure at pace and scale and the models we use to do so.

Today's meeting was prompted by the issue of islanded data centres and connections to the gas grid. How many such centres are yet to be built? Am I correct that the number is 11? Mr. Gannon said the notice went from the Minister and his understanding is that Gas Networks Ireland has acted on it and stalled future development. Is the plan for 11 centres to be built? How many do we have at the moment?