Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion
Mr. Jim Gannon:
We have a climate action plan in place. The demand strategy, which looks specifically at large energy user connections, to both gas and electricity, is in process and under consultation. We will be bringing forward a decision programme for quarter 1 of next year. That is being acted on. Separately, it has been helpful to have a clear Government policy statement to the effect that islanded data centres are not considered to be beneficial overall. That came out in July.
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